"FBI - The Evolving Organized Crime Threat"
January 27, 2011
Robert S. Mueller, III
Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation fbi.gov/news/speeches/…
Mueller 1/27/2011
"Let us turn for a moment to the link between transnational organized crime and terrorism...
Last year, we set up two units, called Threat Focus Cells, to target Eurasian organized crime. The first focuses on the Semion Mogilevich Organization;...
...the second on the Brother’s Circle enterprise...
If left unchecked, the resulting impact to our economy and our security will be significant." #BrothersCircle
Man Arrested for Acting in United States as Agent of Egyptian Government
“Pierre Girgis, 39, of Manhattan, acted in the United States as an agent of the Egyptian government, without notifying the U.S. Attorney General as required by law. justice.gov/opa/pr/man-arr…
Girgis operated at the direction and control of multiple officials of the Egyptian government in an effort to further the interests of the Egyptian government in the United States. Among other things, at the direction of Egyptian government officials, Girgis allegedly tracked…
…and obtained information regarding political opponents of Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. As alleged, Girgis also leveraged his connections with local U.S. law enforcement officers to collect non-public information at the direction of Egyptian officials, arranged…
How do you roll up an organized crime syndicate?
Bottom up.
“Although the bipartisan House committee investigating the violence on Jan. 6 has demanded testimony and records from dozens of Trump allies and rally organizers believed to be involved in the attack on the nation’s…
…democracy, Navarro said he hasn’t heard from them yet.”
Russian National Extradited for Role in Hacking and Illegal Trading Scheme
Vladislav Klyushin, aka “Vladislav Kliushin,” 41, of Moscow, Russia, was arrested in Sion, Switzerland on March 21, 2021 and was extradited to the United States on Dec. 18.
“Ivan Ermakov, also known as “Ivan Yermakov,” 35, and Nikolai Rumiantcev, also known as “Nikolay Rumyantsev,” 33, both of Moscow, Russia, are charged in the District of Massachusetts with conspiring to obtain unauthorized access to computers, and to commit wire fraud and…
…securities fraud and with obtaining unauthorized access to computers, wire fraud and securities fraud. Ermakov, a former officer in the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), a military intelligence agency of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian…