FBI reports on Semion Mogilevich’s transnational organized crime operation

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In August 1996, the FBI compiles a report that confirms Semion Mogilevich operates a transnational criminal enterprise with about 250 members, including in the United States.

The report also acknowledges that Mogilevich has associates in the Russian government, which is later recognized as wholly operated by the the mafia and organized crime.

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In November 1994, a multinational working group on Eurasian organized crime (OC) met in Moscow, Russia, to discuss the threat posed by Eurasian criminal organizations. The working group, consisting of Russian, German, Italian, and U.S. law enforcement representatives, identified five Eurasian criminal groups with multinational operations that are of mutual investigative interest.

One of these groups is the Semion Mogilevich Organization, based in Budapest, Hungary. Numbering approximately 250 members, it is headed by Semion “Seva” Mogilevich. Principal activities of the Mogilevich Organization include weapons trafficking, nuclear materials trafficking, prostitution, drug trafficking, dealing in precious gems, and money laundering. The Mogilevich Organization operates across Central Europe, including Prague, Czech Republic; Vienna, Austria; and Moscow, Russia. Its activities also extend to the United States, Ukraine, United Kingdom, France, Slovakia, and Israel.

The center of the Mogilevich Organization’s financial operations is Arigon, Ltd., a company registered in the Channel Islands, United Kingdom. Arigon, Ltd. deals extensively with Ukraine, selling oil products to Ukrzaliznytsa, the Ukrainian state railway administration. Arigon uses a number of banks in its operations, with accounts identified in Stockholm, Sweden; New York City; London, United Kingdom; and Geneva, Switzerland. Principal front companies in the United States are FNJ Trade Management Corporation in Los Angeles, California, and YBM Magnex in Newtown, Pennsylvania.

The Mogilevich Organization is tied to two other major OC (organized crime) groups — the Vyacheslav Ivankov Organization and the Solntsevskaya Organization — and also to Eurasian crime figures Monya Elson and Alimzhan Tochtachunov. Their operations and contacts overlap in some instances, as evidenced by meetings, joint investments, and silent partnerships in firms engaged in OC activity.

Other people mentioned in the report, in order of first appearance:

Page 2: Anatoly Kulachenko, Igor Fisherman, Alexander Alexandrov, Jacob Bogatin, Frank Greenwald, Sergei Maximov

Page 3: Victor Naishuller, Sergei Mikhailov, Victor Averin, “Sasha Rezany” believed to be Alexsander Roudavsky, Viktor Alexandrov

Page 4: Vitaly Savalovsky, Anatoly Katrich, Igor Stoliarchuk (or Stolyarchuk), Aleksey Lugovcov (or Lugovtsov)

Page 5: Igor Korol, Sergei Korol, Roman Gorin, Dzhambula Cereteli

Page 6: Irina Ryabakova, Igor Tkachenko, Vitaly Kachanov, Sergey Filipenko, Konstantin Darazhinsky, Vladislav Olifirenko

Page 7: Anton Naskadaton, Murtaz Golan, Mikhail Golan, Konstantin Karat, (First Name Unknown) Berkovich, Vahtang Ubiriya

Page 8: Stanislav “Stas” Nikolayev (or Nikolaev), Vladimir Vulitsky, Vladimir Yeriomenko, Igor Pluzhnikov

Page 9: Islam Karimov (not of Uzbekistan), Eugveni Imas, Semion Yakhimovich, Valeriy Silagadze

Page 10: Leonid Hais, David Bogatin

Page 11: Robert Ventresca, Aleksander Pressman, “Tzigan” (possibly Pressman), Eduard Ivankov

Page 12: Vladimir Berkovich, Oleg Berkovich a.k.a. Jan Tibor a.k.a. Alex Berkowitz, Isai “Isay” Berkovich, Basia Berkovich, Mariana Berkovich, Lora Berkovich — all operating in California and family of Semion Mogilevich

Page 13: Eduard Garmel a.k.a. Edik Garmel a.k.a. Angela Davis, Maksim Pestun, Genovese La Cosa Nostra Family, Boris Davidovsky, “Cyoma,” Leib Yarmolkin a.k.a. Leonard Yarmolkin (or Yermolkin), Zoya Sokolovskaya, Mikhail Bezman

Page 14: Mikhail “Mike” Berkovich, Dmitri Sokolov, Rostyslav Berkovich, Maria Solodka / Maria Katz, Semion Katz

Page 15: Olga Berkovich, Tatiana Mogilevich (Semion’s ex-wife, lives in California), Rubin Bershatski, Sabrina Guberman / Sabrina Zilberman

Page 16: Bella Guberman, Igor Guberman, Alexander Landa, Lazar Berkovich, Dmitry Itkin

Page 17: Romas Marcinkevicius, Boris Gordin, Vladimir Kudla, Alexander Tiutiun, Alexander Feigelson, Mikhail Wasserman a.k.a. Mikhail Vinokur a.k.a. Michael Vesserman a.k.a. Moisha

Page 18: Shabtai Kalmanovich

Page 19: Marat Balagula, Iosif Kobzon, Dan Mor, Barukh Eilon

Page 20: Galina Teles (Semion’s girlfriend), Mikhail Fichnick

Page 21: Salvatore DeFalco

Page 22: Adrian Churchward, Galina Grigorieva a.k.a. Galina Churchward (Semion’s ex-wife), Vul Aronovics

Page 25: Peter-Blake Turner

Page 26: Mikhail Koudine

Page 28: Arnold Tamm, Evgueni Lioustanov

Page 29: Vladimir Arafev

Page 32: Boris Kandov

Page 33: Igor Fadeyev

Page 34: Russian officials Gennadi Lavryenko and Ivan Voloshenko, Vladimir Romanyuha

Page 35: Boris Birshtein, Vadim Rabinovich, Leonid Bilounov

Page 50: Tofik Azimov

Businesses owned and/or used by Mogilevich Organization & associates:

21 Nightclub
Prague, Czech Republic

A.O. Ritual Funeral Services
Moscow, Russia

Alliance Credit Check
Kiev, Ukraine

Alpha Financial Group
Pennsylvania, USA

Arbat International / Arlet International
Budapest, Hungary
Moscow, Russia

Arco-Globus Company
Channel Islands, United Kingdom

Acro-Globus Company / Arco-Globus International
New York, USA

Arigon / Arigon Oil / Arigon Company,
Channel Islands, United Kingdom
Los Angeles, California, USA
Kiev, Ukraine
Budapest, Hungary
Tel Aviv, Israel
Moscow, Russia
Prague, Czech Republic

Arigon Textile
Tel Aviv, Israel

Army Co-op
Budapest, Hungary

Arotex
Prague, Czech Republic

Asmia-Fia
Prague, Czech Republic

Atkom Consulting
Vienna, Austria

Atlantic, Ltd
Bourgas, Bulgaria

B and N Connection
Budapest, Hungary

Balchug USA
San Diego, California, USA
London, United Kingdom
Kiev, Ukraine

Bank National de Paris
New York, New York, USA

Banque Francaise De L’orean
London, United Kingdom

Black and White Nightclub
Prague, Czech Republic
Budapest, Hungary

Blue Sky Blue Sea a.k.a. International Shipping Co.
Los Angeles, California, USA

Carson Auto Corporation
Arleta, California, USA

Createbury
London, United Kingdom

Dian International
Moscow, Russia

Digep General Machine Works
Miskolc, Hungary

Dinamo Distribution Company
Studio City, California, USA

Discount Gas Diesel / Discount Gas Company
Vernon, California, USA

Eden (nightclub)
Budapest, Hungary

Empire Bard
Tel Aviv, Israel

Express Bank
Kiev, Ukraine

FNJ Trade Management / FNI Trade Management / F & J Trade Management / F & G Trade Management / K & O Trade Management
Los Angeles, California, USA

Faegre and Benson
London, United Kingom

First Pennsylvania Bank
Richboro, Pennsylvania, USA

Forum
Moscow, Russia

George’s Body Shop
Paramount, California, USA

IMSD, Ltd.
London, United Kingdom

Idex, Ltd.
Budapest, Hungary

Independent Trade Union Bank
Moscow, Russia
Tel Aviv, Israel
Cyprus

International Auto Body and Paint / Mr. International
Huntington Park, California, USA

International Chemical Industries
Hollywood, California, USA

Kamera Services Co-operative
Budapest, Hungary

L Tech International
Lincolnshire, Illinois, USA

Leman
Prague, Czech Republic

Limegold, Ltd.
London, United Kingdom

Lucas International Corporation
Los Angeles, California, USA

MGA Flowers, Inc.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Medassist Medical Supply and Equipment
Los Angeles, California, USA

Milana Trading Company
Vernon, California, USA

Mini ABC (nightclub)
Budapest, Hungary

Morska Agencja, Ltd.
Gdynia, Poland

Moska Spartak Basketball Team
Moscow, Russia

Nafta United Kingdom, Ltd.
London, United Kingdom

Neftanoy Bank
Moscow, Russia

New York Management
Not listed

Palm Terrace Restaurant / Rasputin Restaurant
Los Angeles, California, USA

Paralink Union Corporation
Los Angeles, California, USA

Petroff Bank
Moscow, Russia

PRATECS Technologies, Inc.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Presidential Property
Farmingdale, New York, USA

RGO Globus Company
New York, New York, USA

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
London, United Kingdom

Sakhalinskaya Initsiativa
Russia

Sevvosttisiz Co.
Magadan, Russia

Skandinavska Enskida Banken
Stockholm, Sweden

Szigma Kft
Budapest, Hungary

Szolid, Ltd.
Budapest, Hungary

Technology Distribution
Not listed

Teropack International, Inc.
Los Angeles, California, USA

TOO ASPADA
Russia

Transbrittania, Ltd.
Edinburgh, Scotland

Trans Commodities, Inc.
New York, New York, USA

U Holubu Nightclub
Prague, Czech Republic

Ukraina Corporate Commercial Bank
L’vov, Ukraine

Ukrzaliznytsa
Kiev, Ukraine

United Overseas Bank
Geneva, Switzerland

Vakhtadir
Kiev, Ukraine

Variety
Moscow, Russia

Video Art Cultural Services Co-operative
Budapest, Hungary

Video Arts Small Enterprise
Budapest, Hungary

Video Art Studios
Budapest, Hungary

Westar Energy Corporation
New York, New York, USA

Western Connections Group
Beverly Hills, California, USA

YBM Magnex / Magnex / Magnex Entrepreneurial Holding / YBM Technologies
Budapest, Hungary
Kiev, Ukraine
Newton, Pennsylvania, USA

York Caskets
City of Commerce, California, USA

Zolotoy Dom (Golden House)
Budapest, Hungary
Moscow, Russia

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