RUSSIA: POLICE IN MOSCOW TRY TO COMBAT ORGANISED CRIME WITH A NEW LAW TO MONITOR ALL NON-MUSCOVITES.

Record ID: 259552

  • Title: RUSSIA: POLICE IN MOSCOW TRY TO COMBAT ORGANISED CRIME WITH A NEW LAW TO MONITOR ALL NON-MUSCOVITES.
  • Date: 18th March 1992
  • Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (RECENT) 1. GV STREET MARKET. 0.03 2. CU PULL BACK GV NON-MUSCOVITES AND LOCALS SELLING CONSUMER GOODS. (3 SHOTS) 0.08 3. CU STALLHOLDER SPEAKS OF CRIME AND THE NEW LAW (RUSSIAN). 0.14 4. SV/CUS RUSSIAN INTERIOR MINISTRY OFFICIALS RAID CRIMINAL GROUP IN HOTEL (5 SHOTS) 0.43 5. SVS SUSPECT'S BE
  • Embargoed: 2nd April 1992 13:00
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  • Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
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  • Country: Russia
  • Reuters ID: LVA9YKYFO8DY9Z5U63RHS3QDXICR
  • Story Text: Moscow City Council on Wednesday (March 17) took drastic action to try to clamp down on organised crime by introducing a new law which forces all non-Muscovites to register with the local police.

    Visitors to Moscow will have to declare their reasons for being in the city and give their home address; the police will give them a limited amount of time to stay in the capital.

    Police also now have new powers to stop people in the streets and demand to see their registration documents. Those found to be staying in the city illegally would be arrested and sent home.

    A stallholder at a Moscow market said crime was worse than ever and it was not uncommon for someone to pull a gun without warning.

    He said there was a need to stop the criminal elements from entering Moscow.

    The authorities took the initiative to try to control the almost epidemic rise in organised crime in the city, mainly associated with criminal groups from Southern Russia and the Caucasian Republics.

    Since the break-up of the Soviet Union and the downfall of communism the Russian capital has become a focus for organised crime from the new republics.

    In a recent Interior Ministry operation, a hotel room was raided and non-Muscovites were discovered carrying large amounts of United States dollars.

    Moscow Mayor Uri Luzhkov said the new law would only be a small thing for honest people to go through but it was something desperately needed to combat the criminals. He said they must try to stop the criminal elements from going to Moscow.


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