Armenian thieves in the law - who are they?

In every country and even city there are thieves in the law. But who are these people? What are they? Some of them are described in this article.

Thieves in the law are people who have been given a certain title in the criminal world, referring to the "elite" of this environment and enjoying great authority among other criminals. Thieves in the law are often called "lawyers", this is a specific phenomenon in the world of crime. The criminal world is a phenomenon inherent in human civilization. With each century, new traditions appeared, which the thieves had to adhere to. This article will be devoted to a certain part of the marginal community calling itself "Armenian thieves in law".

National "mafia"

This grouping, organized by ethnicity and including criminals of one of the peoples. Armenian thieves in the law declared themselves back in 1980. Unlike Azerbaijani and Georgian thieves in the law, they were grouped earlier. At the beginning of his "career" Armenian thieves extorted money from Moscow compatriots. Probably everyone remembers the hard 90-ies, because it was during these years that banditry flourished in the country.

Crimes

In 1991, Armenian thieves in the law carried out 52 crimes, and in 1992 - 100. What happened next? And then every year more violations of the Criminal Code. So, in 1993 the number of crimes reached 182.

In 1992, Armenian thieves in the law in Moscow consisted of 17 factions, whose number averaged more than 40 people. They were quite influential personalities. Because of the war, which was then in Armenia, during the period from 1992 to 1994, many people left the country, including criminals. In 1994 there were about 150 thousand Armenians in Moscow.

Armenian OPG

In 1995, a large part of the Armenian OPG lost leaders, half of them were killed by killers or they suffered during the showdown. In the same year, an Armenian conflict broke out in the Armenian grouping, as a result of which five people were killed, and half of the community was seriously injured. The activities of the organized crime group were aimed at crimes related to the economy, drug trafficking, robbery. Everything was done in order to seize motor vehicles, to assign state and personal property.

The most famous Armenian OPG at that time was the Leninakan, which operated in the Southern District, headed by Gevorok Farzadyan. She consisted of 20 people and specialized in car theft. The grouping in the Northern District, which called itself the "Metsoyan", also operated in its composition was 30 people. There was also an organized criminal group, which was engaged in illegal financial operations with weapons, it was called Madatyan. There were many such OPGs, they "answered" for a certain region. They had different composition and specific goals, which they carried out. Many were engaged in racketeering, they beat out debts in various ways, traded drugs, etc.

The total number of all participants of the Armenian groups was more than 500 people. A characteristic feature - these people had experience of conducting military operations and took part in custom crimes. They were disciplined, well-governed. Another feature is the development of ties between the leaders of groups with prominent politicians of Russia and the CIS.

Armenian thieves in the law, list

The most influential and well-known thieves in the law from Armenia were:

• Kamo Safaryan;
• Rafael Baghdasaryan, nicknamed Raf Svoy;
• Rudolph Hovhannes;
• Vyachikos Six-fingered;
• Araik Arauelyan;
• Hayk Arakelyan;
• Harutyun Rostomyan;
• Vardkes Aslanyan;
• Rafis Gabsalamov;
• Vachigan Petrosov;
• Tigran Asatryan;
• Marspetuni Petrosyan;
• Robert Sargsyan;
• Nigal Barseghyan and others.

In 2007, Kamo Safaryan and Vardan Asatryan wanted to hold a thief meeting in Kiev, Ukraine, wishing to restore their positions there. But they were detained by the police, and in a very short time they were deported back to their homeland. In 2014, in other countries, there were about 60 thieves in law from Armenia, who were engaged in criminal activities. With all this at home, they appeared extremely rarely.

The most influential Armenian thieves in the law and their gatherings

The most influential is the organized group "Armenian Force", it operates in the territory of the United States of America. This OPG appeared in the 1980s, in Los Angeles County. They transport drugs, engage in fraud, steal personal data, play gambling, kidnap people. They are also engaged in racketeering, extorting money and even killing people. They cheated with medical insurance for the poor. This group includes about 200 thieves.

The First Armenian Thief in the Law

Many are interested: the first Armenian thief in the law - who is he? Unfortunately, the story is silent, but Karlen Tovmasyan was one of the oldest, in the criminal world he was known as Giz Carlen, or Psyche Carlen. He died of a serious illness at the age of 87 years. He was faithful to the underworld for the rest of his days. He was known due to inadequate actions, which he sinned at meetings. But, unfortunately, this did not help him to become an "icon" of the thieves' world neither in his native Armenia, nor beyond its borders.

Many respected him, and some considered him an upstart. They say that he could trump his title, oppose other thieves in law, and did it without any reason. Because of such actions, he received the nickname "Psycho." Once he came to the thieves' meeting with the girls of easy virtue, afterwards they proved to be valuable witnesses in the case.