In March 1994, top Mogilevich associate and high-ranking Ukrainian railway official Vahtang Ubiriya is photographed by the FBI at a Republican Party fundraiser in Dallas, Texas. This is the first known record of a Mogilevich crime ring member mingling with U.S. politicians.

FBI files from 1995 note that “corruption of police and public officials has been part of the Semion Mogilevich Organization’s modus operandi.”

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https://www.villagevoice.com/1998/05/26/the-most-dangerous-mobster-in-the-world/