Factions and Brokers in the Russian Mafia: Investigating the Structure of the Thieves-in-Law.
This paper investigates the internal structure of the fraternity of the vory-v-zakone —the high-ranking members of the Russian Mafia—using a co-signing network based on 50 signed edicts (progony) produced by the fraternity. We find that the vory are a multi-ethnic, polycentric association grouped in...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Criminology Vol. 66; no. 2; pp. 306 - 331 |
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Mar2026
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