NPR: crime syndicates https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=532108390 crime syndicates en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:27:21 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: crime syndicates https://www.npr.org/tags/532108390/crime-syndicates Russians Charged With Racketeering (And Selling 10,000 Pounds Of Stolen Chocolate) The feds said the indictment represents one of the first federal racketeering charges ever brought against a <em>vor v zakonei --</em> a Russian phrase that translates roughly as "thief-in-law." Thu, 08 Jun 2017 16:25:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/08/532098350/russians-charged-with-racketeering-and-selling-10-000-pounds-of-stolen-chocolate https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/08/532098350/russians-charged-with-racketeering-and-selling-10-000-pounds-of-stolen-chocolate

The feds said the indictment represents one of the first federal racketeering charges ever brought against a vor v zakonei -- a Russian phrase that translates roughly as "thief-in-law."

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