In the course of the raid of the Russian mafia, dozens of people were detained during the raid

Employees of the Spanish law enforcement agencies began on November 29 in the morning a special operation in Catalonia and Madrid, directed against the Georgian clan of the Russian Mafia, writes La Vanguardia .

As part of the operation, under the code name "Naples" 20 people have already been detained. They are suspected of apartment thefts and money laundering.

Among the detainees was Katerina Mirkova, the wife of Kahaber Shushanashvili, who is considered the head of the Georgian Mafia in Spain. In May 2016, he was sentenced to 20 months of prison for the leadership of a criminal group, writes Inopressa with reference to El Pais .

The security forces conduct searches at 12 addresses where the suspects lived, reports Xinhua .

Last year, the National Police of Spain conducted a major operation, which was also directed against Georgian mafiosi. Then 30 people were detained on suspicion of robbing real estate owners. The criminals managed to penetrate 200 apartments, TASS reports.

And in January 2017, 61 Georgian citizens in Madrid were reported. They were also suspected of apartment robberies.

The investigation is associated with the war of the Taro clans and grandfather Hassan

The operation "Naples" got its name in connection with the murder of two people on Neapolitan Street in the city of Tarras in the province of Barcelona. This crime was committed in January 2016.

One of the dead was Gela Garishvili, who was a bodyguard of the Georgian thief in law, settled in Spain.

As Prime Kraim wrote, Garishvili was close to the Brothers Lasha and Kahaber Shushanashvili. All three took an active part in the criminal war for the "Spanish inheritance", which unfolded between the most powerful clans of the "Russian mafia", ruled by thieves in the law of Santa Hassan (Aslan Usoyan) and Taro (Tariel Oniani).

The Shushanashvili brothers were Hassan's proteges. They strengthened their influence in Spain after in 2005 local law enforcement agencies defeated the Tarot group, conducting a large -scale special operation of the Osa. Then the "lawyers" Tyurik (Vladimir Tyurin), Tarot and Shakro young (Zakhary Kalashov) were put on the wanted list.

The Shushanashvili brothers laundered money, investing it in the purchase of real estate, restaurants, casinos. They also extorted money from immigrants from the former USSR who are engaged in business in Europe. Under their control were various gangs operating in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy and France. In particular, the representative of Shushanashvili in Austria was the “authority” of Carlo Mikadze, who was put on the wanted list in Russia for organizing the murder of a thief in Moscow in Alika Sochinsky (Alika Minolyan).

The Shushanashvili brothers also took control of several jewelry stores so that the jewelry received during the robberies and robberies in Europe could be saved. Finally, they oversaw the activities of groups that withdraw money from bills on fake cards and fake the euro.

The criminal war of the two clans unfolded in Russia. In June 2009, Oniani was arrested in Moscow on charges of kidnapping a businessman, and then sentenced to 10 years in a colony. Then the leadership of the group passed to his minions Meru Sukhumsky (Merab Jangveladze) and Lado (Vladimir Dzhanashia). Already on July 28, 2009, Sniper mortally wounded the “Father of the Russian Mafia” by the Japanchik (Vyacheslav Ivankov), which was supported by the clan of Grandfather Hassan. Supporters of Usoyan accused Oniani and his close associates of this crime. Behind them began hunting around the world.

Merab Sukhumsky and Lado took refuge in Europe. Lasha and Kahaber Shushanashvili were instructed to deal with them. According to the Spanish police, the brothers discussed the operation for a long time, and they attracted their minions - Carlo Mikadze, Gel Garishvili, David Mazanashvili and Lev A Aschiashvili. Gangsters calculated where their opponents hid. It was decided to simultaneously deal with Dzhangveladze and Dzhanashia in France, and in Holland - with a thief in the law of the Dato Panchi (Giya Gurchiani), other close associates of Oniani.

By this time, the Shushanashvili brothers were already under the supervision of Spanish police officers, so in the winter of 2010 the operation of the mafiosi broke. As soon as on January 5, two killers arrived in Nice, they were arrested.

Soon another team of killers went to France. In February, the criminal burst into the cottage of Dzhanashia in Nice and opened fire from the Kalashnikov assault rifle. The attacker released more than forty bullets, but Lado managed to escape to the second floor of the house, jumped out of there through the window and escaped.

On March 15, a large -scale operation was carried out in Spain and other European countries, during which many members of the Usoyan clan were arrested, including Carlo Mikadze and Kahabar Shushanashvili. However, his brother managed to hide in Greece, and local police refused to detain him. The Spanish police then stated that the "untouchability" cost a lashe in 80 thousand euros.

On March 20, 2010, Lado was shot in Marseille. His place in the butani clan was taken by Makhona (Malkhaz Kitia). However, he was also killed on May 10, 2010 in Greece.

However, the victory of the supporters of the "king of the Russian mafia" of Grandfather Hassan was fragile. In early 2013, Usoyan was shot dead with a sniper in the center of Moscow. After leaving the Spanish prison, Shakro young, returning to Russia, tried to occupy his place. However, he was arrested last year in the case of shootout and double murder on Rochdelskaya Street in Moscow. Moreover, the thief in law found patrons among the acting and former security forces.