俄羅斯黑手黨之所以如此聲勢壯大,離不開其與俄羅斯本國之間的政治聯繫。1995年,伊萬科夫在美國被捕,他在獄中說:「俄羅斯就是一片犯罪沼澤。罪犯們都在克里姆林宮和杜馬,你如果以為我這麼一個人能成為一群惡棍的老大,你就太天真了。」
根據2010維基解密泄露美國外交電報的內容,松采沃兄弟會在俄羅斯聯邦安全局的保護下在美國進行犯罪活動。亦有說法認為,2006年在英國遭遇離奇中毒的前克格勃上校利特維年科被英國的俄羅斯黑手黨所殺。總而言之,作為一個在上世紀九十年代得到克格勃和俄羅斯寡頭們支持的群體,俄羅斯黑手黨與俄羅斯政經界精英有如此曖昧的關係也非偶然。
墨西哥毒販的威力比任何一個黑幫都要大,圖為墨西哥軍隊逮捕大毒梟「矮子」華金·古茲曼。/Flickr.com
等等,你問我墨西哥毒販在鄙視鏈的哪個位置?墨西哥毒梟每年向美國市場賣19-29億美元的毒品,四五個主要的卡特爾都有5000-20000人,配備全套軍事裝備,在2006年-2012年之間參與了60000多起兇殺事件,控制著美墨邊境線,和墨西哥正規軍打了10年的仗......我們討論的是黑幫,而墨西哥毒品卡特爾是一支軍隊。
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