Founding location | Moscow, Saint-Peterburg, Munich, Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Italy |
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Territory | Russia, USA, European Union, Ukraine, Georgia and all other post-Soviet states. |
Ethnicity | Azerbaijani, Talysh, Tat, Russian, Lezgi and others |
Criminal activities | Drug trafficking, Arms trafficking, Assassination, Assault, Auto theft, Bank fraud, Blackmailing, Bribery, Car bombing, Contract killing, Extortion, Fraud, Human trafficking, Infiltration of Politics, Illegal gambling, Insurance fraud, Kidnapping, Money laundering, Murder, Police corruption, Political corruption, Racketeering, Tax evasion, Theft, Witness intimidation, Witness tampering. |
Allies | Turkish mafia Pakistani mafia Russian mafia Chechen mafia |
Rivals | Armenian mafia |
The Azerbaijani mafia (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan mafiyası) is a general term for organized criminal gangs that consist of ethnic Azerbaijanis. In Russia, they are mostly based in Moscow and other major Russian cities like Saint Petersburg. Outside of Russia, they are active in most former Soviet states, Turkey, the Netherlands, Germany and other European countries.