Exam 6: Russia and the Former Soviet Union

During World War II,the vory split into two factions,one supporting efforts to defeat the invading Nazis and the other loyal to the thieves' underworld.What were these two factions called?​

Describe the role that the ethnic-based group known as the Chechens has had with the proliferation of organized crime activities in both Russia and beyond.

How was the new vory that emerged in the 1980s different from the previous version of the organization? Why did it change?

With the collapse of the Soviet Union,the Nomenklatura were considered to be ________________ who merged with the criminal underworld to take advantage of the political and economic opportunity.​

In the former Soviet Union,"organized crime" was a system of corrupt relationships among various sectors of society with the Communist Party in the dominant role.

The vory developed among hardcore prison camp inmates.

In what section of New York City did many Russian émigrés settle and where many Russian organized crime groups have headquartered their illicit operations?​

The breeding and training ground for Russian organized crime was established during the:​

Which of the following is/are part of Russian organized crime since the lifting of Communist control?​

The breeding and training ground for Russian organized crime was established during the Soviet _____________ era.

Most Russian criminals began their criminal careers as members of adolescent street gangs in ethnic ghettos.

With the collapse of the Soviet Union,vory groups were no longer an important element in Russian organized crime.

In the Soviet Union,"organized crime" was simply a system of corrupt relationships among various sectors of society with the Communist Party in the dominate role,rather than what kind of organization?​

What is one of the most nefarious activities associated with Russian organized crime,which only began occurring after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991?​

Where did the vory develop?​

The Russian wiseguy,like his Sicilian mafioso counterpart,acts in what capacity so that persons who do not trust one another can transact business with a significant degree of confidence?​

The Chechen organized crime portfolio includes all of the following $\bold{\text{except}}$ for:​

Russian organized crime has more in common with the historical American _____________ of the early 1900s than with the likes of the original Sicilian Mafia of the 1920s and 30s that impacted such areas as New York City and Chicago.

Russian organized criminal groups have a long historical involvement in the trafficking of women for the sex industry both in and beyond Europe.

In 1995,Ivankov's reign as the reputed leading Russian crime boss in the United States ended when he was arrested for violations of which law?​