Katrych Anatoly

 

Katrych Anatoly , born on 3rd August 1952 and December 3, 1952 in Kiev, worked together with Mogilevich. He worked for him in Israel, and in Prague, in the Czech Republic.
He is responsible for the organization's activities.427

 

Documents:

  1. Passport № 7293734.428

  2. He also owns an Israeli passport number 4770706, issued on May 27, 1991, and an ID card of a citizen of Israel 30423762.429

  3. Israeli passport № 9009006. 430

  4. Israeli passport № 6938429. 431

 

Addresses:

 

- Haifa, 441, Boulevard Hazionut, Israel.432

- Prague 9, Beranovich 149 (till 1996).

 

Kartych, a former citizen of the former Soviet Union in May 1991 received Israeli citizenship.

In March 1992 he was expelled from Germany, where he was barred entry to the 6th March 2005. In March 1992 he moved from Berlin to the Czech Republic. 21st December 1993 he was sentenced to 79 days in prison for check fraud in Germany. It is associated with Mikhailov Sergey, Viktor Averin, Alexandrov Alexeiy Viktorovich and STOBODSKy Alex.433 According to information from Interpol in Prague, in the framework of the sentence has been issued a warrant for his arrest, which is still in effect. 434

 

He was often in the Czech Republic in 1991-1995. In 1992 he settled in Prague with the intention to do business there. In May 1993, he also visited Israel. He became a partner in the firms' Asma-Fia " and "Lehman " from then on was to represent the interests of Mogilevich in Prague. He was director of the restaurant "in Blue" in Prague, Czech Republic, belonging to the company "Arigon CA."

In January 1995, he organized a number of parties at his restaurant , one of them was in honor of the Israeli ambassador consul of Israel, together with Mikhailov, as well as a party on the occasion of the birth of AVERIN. June 22, 1995 he was expelled from the Czech Republic.435 On the 9th June 1995there was signed a ban on his entry with a validity of 10 years.436

 

In 1995 he moved to Budapest, Hungary.437 He was the employee of Mogilevich and was responsible for activity of the organization.438

On June 20, 1997 he was inspected on German-Austrian border.439 In the period from February 1998 to May 1998, he repeatedly visited Croatia.440

Katrych is included into the financial group of "Solntsevo." He took care of Mikhailov, when the latter was in prison in Geneva, Switzerland. Katrych is associated with the Israeli ROCK (drug smuggling and money laundering), and is also connected agent of MIKHAILOV.441

Criminal case against Katrych with Keller Sergey, born on 22 February 1976, the citizens of Ukraine Kozlovsky Andrey, born on 22 March 1977, Gennady ZAVIZHIY, born on September 9, 1978, as well as a German citizen TANZURA Nico, born on June 13, 1982, is opened in Russia for fraud of "Visa" and "Master Card". They planned to visit the Schengen countries to commit fraud.442

 

 

 

Here is the list of organizations which are (or not) the part of the “Solntsevo” gang :443

 

  1. Vsevolod Kostykin’s organization:

This criminal group employs 8 people and is headed by Vsevolod KOSTYKIN, nickname "Seva". (More information is not available.)

Chevkunenko Sergey organization:

This criminal gang consists of 25 people and is headed by Sergey Chevkunenko nicknamed “the Chief”, born 20 November 1959 and murdered in 1997(no other information available)

 

  1. Vorotnikov Alexander organization:

This criminal group consists of 10 people and is headed by Vorotnikov Alexander nicknamed “Colar” born 15 June 1951.444 (No other information reported.)

 

 

 

 

  1. Evgeny Vyazovkin organization:

 

This criminal group employs 10 people and is headed by EVGENY VYAZOVKIN, nicknamed "Elm", born May 18, 1959 (no more information is available.)

  1. Pavel Filin organization:

This criminal group consists of 10 people and is headed by Pavel Filin, nicknamed "Banzai", born 6th August 1965 (no more information is available.)

 

  1. Myakotin Alexander Organization:

This criminal group employs 10 people and is headed by Myakotin Alexander, nicknamed "Sailor", born on 3rd April 1953 (no more information is available.)

 

  1. Viktor Meshchersky organization:

This criminal group employs 15 people and is headed by Viktor Meshchersky, nicknamed "Chervonets", born 12th July 1959 (no more information is available).

 

  1. Organization of Nikolay:

This criminal group employs 7 people and is headed by Nicholay, nicknamed "Blackbird" (no more information is available.)

 

IX. Sergey Pozdnyakov organization:

This criminal group employs 10 people and is headed by Sergei Pozdnyakov, nicknamed "boatswain", born on May 20, 1957 (no more information is available.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other members

 

I-Members:

 

According to Interpol, Prague, and Washington, as well as in Bern and Jerusalem (see links), the following persons are members of "Solntsevo" groups:

 

 

 

Belov Dmitry

 

è Belov Dmitry also known as Baranovsky Dmitry ,nicknamed “White”(White Chlorum) 445, was the vice president of “D&R Sports Center” (sport center) in Moscow, Russia, and Nentikouk, PA. As Belov told, he controlled casino, banks and restaurants of the organization. He also finds and purchases new commercial organizations.446

 

Ferronsky Sergey

Russia

 

è Ferronsky Sergey or Veronsky 447, according to the information,was one of the commercial directors of Mikhailov Sergey and Averin Viktor. His main company was "Wnecom," main distributor of "Mars Candy Corporation" in Russia.448 He is one of the treasurers of “Solntsevo” gang together with Novitsky and Orlov. 449

 

 

Kalmanovich Shabtai

Hungary

 

è According to reports, Shabtai Kalmanovich, born on 18th December 1947, the Israeli passport № S-003015, was a powerful partner of "Solntsevo" gang. He lived in Budapest, Hungary. He was a millionaire immigrant from Russia, as well as an Israeli citizen related to the ex-KGB agents, senior officials from Russia, Israel and other countries around the world.

Kalmanovich was land ownership in the West African country of Sierra Leone, where he reportedly was managing business of the imprisoned Marat Balagula, the former head of "Organizations" in New York. Kalmanovich also owned by "Liat Natalie," which had exclusive rights to import pharmaceutical and health care products from Hungary to Russia. These companies brought about $ 5 million of revenue a month. Kalmanovich partners in this lucrative business were Joseph KOBZON and imprisoned Vyacheslav Ivankov.

Kalmanovich in a short time got passports for the members of Israel's "Solntsevo", including the organization of Mogilevich. Taking into account the ease with which Kalmanovich documents issued to members of the organization, Kalmanovich probably has good connection with government of Israel. 450

According to another source, Kalmanovich, nicknamed "The Spy", is a member of the "Solntsevo", in particular of its financial group. It is reported that he was sentenced to 10 years for espionage in Israel, but was released with the help of Kobzon. He was engaged in pharmaceutical business with Kobzon and contraband trade of diamonds. He was a friend of Mikhailov and presented it to the authorities of South Africa, as well as the president of Costa Rica. However, due to a conflict with Kobzon his influence in "Solntsevo" decreased. He is the co-founder of the large food market together with Arnold Tamm. 451

 

Boris Kandov

Austria

(See chapter about the business of “Solntsevo”)

 

According to Interpol Sofia, Boris Kandov or Boris KANDOFF, born 27th December 1946, the owner of the Israeli and Austrian passports, a member of the "Solntsevo".452 In other sourses, a member of the "Solntsevo" is the son of Boris KANDOV, Mark Kandov, born July 8, 1969 Boris Kandov runs the company "Agroplyus K + M AG Zug" in Zug, Switzerland, founded by the family of Ivankov. He also managed the affairs of import-export of "Agrotech" in Venen. There is also an "Eco Plus” company. 453

 

Verner Kogerle

Austria

(see also the chapter on the business of "Solntsevo")

 

è Verner KOGERLE was chief assistant of Sergey Mikhailov and Victor AVERIN after their arrival in Vienna in 1993, At that time he was a broker for the sale of the real estate agency, and he found apartments for Mikhailov and Averin . KOGERLE was working on "Solntsevo" as an interpreter and courier in Vienna, Austria. He traveled from Vienna to Budapest and Prague. He was also involved in the smuggling of drugs and smuggling of fake U.S. dollars. Legally KOGERLE had in Vienna, a company selling Swiss watch. He employed Russian citizens. KOGERLE was the cohesive element in Austria between "Solntsevo" and David Sanikidze.454

 

Leyba Vitaly

 

è Vitaly Leyba is an active member of the "Solntsevo" and a friend of Mikhailov. He is a "thief in law", he comes from the Ukraine. He is more a businessman, not a militant. It is the administrative director of model agency "Red Star" in Moscow, associated with the agency "Elite" in Kiev. It conflicts with other Ukrainian authorities. Leiba since 1990 lives in Hungary, and in the "Red Star" began working in in 1996 on the orders of Tamm and AVERIN as Director was needed. "Solntsevo" took hostage the daughter of the director of "Elite", to make him sell the shares to Leyba. Bilunov associated with the agency "Elite". "Arigon" is a co-founder of the "Red Star".455

 

Jose Martinez-Lamella

Argentina

(See also “Solntsevo” business)

 

è Jose Felix Martinez-Lamella is a businessman and a former Argentine naval officer and a partner of Sergey Mikhailov and Victor AVERIN. Tofik AZIMOV hired Martinez LAMELLA to work on "Solntsevo."Martinez-LAMELLA had an Argentine diplomatic passport, and he was introduced to others as a man with great connections and experience in working with forged travel documents. He usually carried with him a small bag with a stamp of entry and exit for editing and processing of new passports. According to information Martinez-LAMELLA collected a number of documents for Mikhailov and Viktor Averin. MARTINEZ-LAMELLA supplied forged Argentine documents for Mikhailov and Averin. On Christmas Day 1994 MARTINEZ-LAMELLA and his daughter and trustee Marcela Martinez went to a ski resort in Austria with Tofik Asimov, his partner Vladimir Koshelev and Sergey Mikhailov. AZIMOV sent the payment of Martinez-LAMELLA 10 times through accounts of "Atkom Consulting."456

 

  1. MARTINEZ-LAMELLA and Jose Felix Martinez-LAMELLA, born on May 7, 1935, the head of the criminal community, may be one and the same person. The community set up a company, bought real estate in Argentina for the purpose of laundering the proceeds of drug trafficking. They used fake identification documents of Argentine to settle in the country. MARTINEZ-LAMELLA was arrested in Buenos Aires on December 10, 1998.457

 

Evgeny Novitsky

Russia

(See also a chapter about the business of “Solntsevo” gang)

 

è Evgeny Novitsky, or “IVK”, born 19-November 1957 , Director of “IVK”.458 He was the chief executive officer "IVK Corporation" in Moscow (branch "International Business Meshinz Inc)."IVK" used "IBM" for the acquisition of visas for the organizers of criminal organizations to travel to the United States in 1993-94. NOVITSKY personally signed letters of invitation for visas, including visas for the leader of one of the teams Yuri DROZHIN.459 He is one of the treasurers' of “Solntsevo” with Ferronsky and Leonid Orlov.460

 

 

Leonid Orlov

Russia

(See the chapter about the business of “Solntsevo”)

 

è Leonid Orlov, born 2 June 1953 , the director of “S.V.Holding”, Russian passport 43 № 4807178.461 Orlov was a member of the "Solntsevo" and belonged to the top of enjoying the special confidence, specialized in dealing with finances. He is one of the treasurers' of “Solntsevo” with Ferronsky and Novitsky.462 He ran a number of businesses and received a salary of 15 thousand dollars a month. In late 1995, Orlov was under suspicion that he was stealing money from the organization. Mikhailov also took from him $ 50,000 in cash, as well as an apartment and two cars of ORLOV.463

 

II-Lawyers:

 

Alexander Gofstein

 

è Alexander Gofstein, born 1 November 1962, the owner of the law office. He is a member of the "Solntsevo" and only works on the organization. His father Mikhail Gofstein, born 19th April 1923 is / was the vice-president of the International Union of Lawyers. He is not a member of the "Solntsevo", but he contacted Mikhailov and Averin with the help of his son. 464

 

Vladimir Kizyakovsky

Russia

(See also a chapter about the business of “Solntsevo”)

è Vladimir KIZYAKOVSKY worked as a lawyer "Solntsevo" in Moscow. According to reports, he coordinated the laundering of money and other risky ventures for the organization. Mikhailov AVERIN daily communicated with KIZYAKOVSKY by mobile phone. Line of KIZYAKOVSKY was checked every two days to prevent the monitoring.465 He is a member of the "Solntsevo" and one of the lawyers of MIKHAILOV.466 In the past he worked with law enforcement, but he testified against the police in favor of MIKHAILOV. 467

 

Sergey Ponomarenko

Russia

 

è Sergey Ponomarenko was the "court adviser", the main charge d'affaires of "Solntsevo." He let all the legal issues, giving advice etc.468

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sergey Pogramkov

 

 

Russia

 

è Sergey POGRAMKOV or Sergey PAGRONIKOV or Sergey Alexandrovich Pogramkov, born 11th November 1953, a Russian citizen, was the personal attorney of Mikhailov (He was a lawyer of MIKHAILOV in 1989).469 He is the director of law firm "Themis" in Moscow. He is responsible for organizing the defense counsel for the leaders of the organization (Mikhailov, Averin Tamm, etc.) and works with the most important cases. It is one of the major figures in the "security group" of "Solntsevo". 470 He was in charge of the company, which owned "Solntsevso" gang. Mikhailov made one of the suspects of "Russian Romance" issue illegal Israeli citizenship for PAGONIKOV and others. PROGRAMKOV was checked as meeting the leaders of organized crime in Prague in 1995.471

 

Sergey Poznankov

Russia

è Sergey Poznankov is the main lawyer of “Solntsevo” gang .472

 

 

 

 

Nadezhda Zabarina

Russia

è Nadezhda Zabarina is a lawyer for Economic Affairs and a member of the "Solntsevo gang. She is also the co-founder of the fund "Participation".473

 

Others

 

è Gennady Mironov and Sergey Bulaev are the lawyers working on the gang of Gennady SHAPOVALOV. 474

 

 

CONCLUSION

 

Many states that are members of Interpol, believe that criminal communities from the former Soviet Union pose a serious threat not only as sources of violence, but also in terms of their penetration into the commercial, financial government circles. As to the law enforcement agencies of the Czech Republic, "they rely on a huge capital from sources that supply them are former members of the Communist Party, the secret services, the new elite, as well as sources originating financial fraud and other criminal activity." These groups also have a direct impact on national security and the stability of Russia and other Eastern European countries such as Bulgaria, Hungary, etc.

Danger they present for the stability and security of the Western countries and the countries of North America, is not so great, but they still are a constant and significant threat. In many of these countries the activities of the members and leaders of these communities is aimed on legitimate businesses. They invest laundered proceeds of illegally buying "clean" companies and expensive real estate.

"Solntsevo" group already covers by its activities 32 countries, from the U.S. to China and the whole of Europe. Many members of Russian criminal groups naturalized and now live in other countries, such as Israel, the U.S., Canada, Belgium, Germany ,Greece. According to open sources, 30% of Latvia's population and 26% of the Estonian population are ethnic Russian. The wealth and power of some criminal networks, such as "Solntsevo", represent a real threat to the democratic process in many states. "Solntsevo" has political connections sometimes at very high level in Russia and other Eastern European countries, where the level of corruption is very high. However, this issue is not the subject of this study.

Since the early 90s the information about the organizations “Solntsevo", “Mogilevich”, their leaders and members in many countries was collected. In many of these States to there was an investigation of the performance of managers, members, and the companies belonging to these organizations. However, these organizations function this day, and their leaders can continue to operate virtually unchecked. It is difficult to collect evidence of involvement of leaders and members of the "Solntsevo" to the criminal community and to criminal activity, particularly money laundering, due to the complete absence of written evidence.

In many countries local and national government and the business sector continue merging with organized crime. Often the reason for this lies in inadequate provision of public order, border control and internal security. The governments of these countries publicly recognize these weak sides, but they face a lack of material and financial resources to take the necessary countermeasures. Some governments are willing to turn a blind eye to the problem, explaining the lack of reliable information or their own well-being, while underestimating the impact of the penetration of criminal structures of the former Soviet Union in their economies.

 

 

"Managers can not be caught as "godfathers "and they are essentially law-abiding citizens, and there is no law under which they could be put in jail just for leading a criminal group." Even with the existence of such a law in some states, it is very difficult to prove their crimes. For example, in 1998, Mikhailov appeared in court in Switzerland for having headed a criminal organization. Mikhailov was acquitted. Perhaps the investigators in Switzerland did not receive enough support from other states. At the moment, Mikhailov has an entry visa to the Schengen Union number 00070786, on his application, issued by the Norwegian Embassy in Moscow. However, Mikhailov was rejected the entry to the territory of Austria, the Czech Republic, France, Israel, Slovakia, Switzerland and Latvia. This is one of the ways to avoid the spread of "Solntsevo" group.

Being aware of the serious and far-reaching effects of the penetration of organized crime in Russia, such as "Solntsevo" in any other country, it is very important for all Interpol member countries to take the following measures:

• To inform the other Member States to share information about the members of this organization and its activities;
• Provide operational supervision;
• Deny them entry to the territory of the country, if possible, in accordance with the law;
• Provide assistance to any country involved in the investigation of the activities of these groups;
• Take appropriate measures and laws to deal with investment income obtained by illegal means, money laundering.

 

 

 

 

 

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Necessary information

 

To all related countries:

 

  1. We kindly ask you to provide the General Secretariat of Interpol any information that you have related to all data reported in this review in order to supplement, correct and update the information available to the General Secretariat of Interpol and all of its Member States in the most accurate way.

  2. Please verify information from public sources contained in the review and possible confirmation.

  3. Please provide the General Secretariat any information / comments on the review.

  4. Please provide the General Secretariat any additional information you may have on the persons referred to in this report that are involved in the activities of organized crime groups in Russia.

  5. Please check the accuracy of the information regarding the companies mentioned in the chapter on the commercial activities of Mogilevich and Mikhailov, who are in your country and provide the latest and the corrected data about them, about how they are functioning at present, whether there was investigation related to their activities in your country.

 

 

To NCB of Interpol in Moscow:

 

  1. Organizations:

а. Please provide the General Secretariat with the names of the new leaders of "Izmailovo" group. Can you verify the hypothesis that Malevsky was killed on the order of MIKHAILOV? Please confirm whether there is any agreement on cooperation between the "Izmailovo" and "Solntsevo" groups.

б. Please provide additional information - about the leaders, members and criminal activity of "Izmailovo", "Podolsk", "Mazutkinsk" and "Chechen" organizations.

 

  1. “ Thieves in law”:

а . Please provide additional information about the "thieves in law" related to "Solntsevo" especially about Vyacheslav Ivankov, born on 2 nd January 1940.

б. Please confirm that the Kalashov Zachary, born. 20th March 1953, is under arrest in Moscow for drug smuggling. What is the term of his sentence?

в. Please confirm that BIZIKASHVILLI Nicholas, born. in 1956, was killed.

  1. Is there an investigation in your country regarding Sergey Mikhailov, his companies and activities?

 

  1. Please confirm if Butorin Sergey, born on November 9, 1964 in Russia, who was issued the international warrant by the Interpol in Moscow on 3rd July 2000 was arrested in Spain, on 14th February 2001, extradited and convicted in your country.

 

  1. Organizations and brigades:

а. Please provide the General Secretariat with your comments upon the structure of organizations and teams, members and partners of "Solntsevo" in order to supplement the available information, corrections and updates.

б. Please confirm the arrest of Arnold Tamm, born on July 7, 1967 in Moscow, in April 2002, for smuggling cocaine and organizing contract killings.

в. Please confirm that Peter Gorbatykh, born. 17th October 1960, and Peter GARABATY one and the same person. If so, what are his responsibilities in "Solntsevo" now?

г. Please tell us about the result of your investigation related to Anatoly Katrych, born 03/08/1952 and 03/12/1952, and his accomplices in the forgery of cards "Visa" and "Master Card".475

д. Please confirm that Dmitry Belov also known as Demetrius BARANNOVSKY and inform the General Secretariat of the date of his birth.

 

 

To the Interpol in Hague:

 

  1. Please tell us about the results of the investigation carried out in your country on the murder of Vadim Rosenbaum in Oirschot, The Netherlands, on the night of 29 to 30 th of July 1997 .Who committed the crime?

 

To NCB Interpol in Jerusalem:

 

  1. Please report to the General Secretariat of Interpol, whether Viktor AVERIN (born May 31, 1957) denied Israeli citizenship.

 

To NCB Interpol in London:

 

1. Please report whether Viktor Averin denied entry to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

 

2. Please confirm the following information provided by the Central Bureau of Interpol in Prague: "In August 1995, British authorities signed an order for a lifetime ban on entry to the UK for Mogilevich." Please comment on the reasons for the prohibition on the entry.

3. Please tell us more about the business Mogilevich in your country which led to the signing of the prohibition on entry.

 

To the NCB Interpol in Washington:

1. Please let us know the result of the investigation concerning the activities of Mogilevich in your country and in Hungary.
2. Please confirm that the British company "Benex" was a cover for Mogilevich activities. Are there two companies “Benex”, one in New York, USA, another in Hungary?
3. Please also confirm if BERLIN Peter and Mikhailov are friends, did Berlin’s brother work for Mikhailov.
4. Please indicate whether Jose Felix Martinez-Lamella, mentioned in the report 476, and Jose Felix Martinez-LAMELLA, born 7th May 1953, who led the criminal groups involved in the creation of companies buying property in Argentina for the purpose of laundering the proceeds of drug trafficking, is one and the same person.