It has remained a significant source for the women trafficking to 50 or more countries for sexual exploitation. Russia is also destination and transit country for men women trafficking from the central Asia .

Russian Mafia, Bratva or Red Mob that applies to the gangs are names and designating diverse of organized crime that is syndicate and organizing in former Soviet Union, since 1991 fall of USSR, gang groups have amassed and considerable as well as influenced.

Many organized crimes exist in Russia since days of Imperial Russia and Tsars in form of the thievery and banditry, known as Vory Zakone. This criminal class had abided by the certain rules in prison system. Such rule was cooperation with authorities, during second World War some prisoners made deal with government to enlist in armed forces in the return for reduce sentence. Now these crimes have spread in many cities in all over Russia .

For criminal organizations, real breakthrough occurred during mass emigration and economic disaster of 1990s, followed by fall of Soviet Union . It Desperate for the money wile many government workers then turned to the crime some other joint Soviet citizens and moved overseas. In year 1990 widespread emigration allowed Russian criminal organizations and spread them around the world. Many criminals took advantage of this that were Jewish themselves. In U.S key location for the Russian organized crimes were communities of Russian Jewish of Brighton Beach in the Brooklyn .