I am reaching out to this community for help in finding Shaun David Steward, who went missing from Phoenix, Arizona on February 1, 2008.

Shaun was 29 years old at the time of his disappearance. He was last known to be living in the vicinity of North 7th Avenue and West Indian School Road. He led a transient lifestyle but would always contact family during holidays. Unfortunately, he has not been seen or heard from since that day.

Over the past year, I have been actively involved in trying to find him. I have been in regular contact with Detective Starks at the Phoenix Police Department, who is currently assigned to his case. I received a copy of the PHX PD investigation via the FOIA and had the Salvation Army Missing Persons Bureau temporarily looking for him. I’ve scoured the internet, contacted numerous podcasts, television series, and news agencies about covering his story.

I am reaching out to see if anyone here has any information or suggestions on other avenues to explore. I created an account on NAMUS, but the only possible automated match that came up appears to have been confirmed not to be him.

Here are some links with more information about Shaun's case:

Missing People In America (https://missingpeopleinamerica.org/16-years-later-sons-unwavering-search-for-vanished-father)

Phoenix Police Department Missing Person Bulletin (https://www.phoenix.gov/policesite/Documents/087259.pdf)

NamUs Case MP7406 (https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP7406)

The Charley Project (https://charleyproject.org/case/shaun-david-steward)

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Dustin Kjersem was initially reported as the victim of a bear attack at a Moose Creek campsite located east of Big Sky, Montana. His death was later ruled a homicide. His body was found with "chop wounds" and significant damage to the skull.

The homicide is suspected to have occurred between the evening hours of Thursday, October 10, and at around 10am Saturday, October 12, when his body was discovered.

Original press conference with Gallatin County Sheriff's Office: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EKlp65Kd10

Kjersem's sister stated in an interview with Fox News Digital that many people in the area are unaware of the homicide. https://www.foxnews.com/us/outdoor-loving-family-man-killed-tent-afraid-camp-killer-loose This case should be of interest to anyone located in or around Gallatin County or anyone traveling in the area during the timeline indicated above.

Information of Interest

The Gallatin County Sheriff's Office released an update on October 24 requesting information about items possibly removed from the crime scene. https://www.kbzk.com/news/crime-courts/sheriffs-office-gives-update-on-moose-creek-murder-investigation

Items possibly removed from the homicide scene:

• Estwing camp axe, blue and silver, likely with a 26” handle (photo of similar item included in the KBZK article)
• Remington 11-87 12ga shotgun, wood stock
• Ruger Blackhawk .44mag revolver, blued 4 5/8” barrel, wood grips
• Orange YETI brand cooler – Tundra 45 (photo of similar item included in the KBZK article)

Law enforcement is seeking assistance from anyone who:

• Was in the Moose Creek area, anytime from Thursday evening, Oct. 10 through Saturday morning, Oct. 12
• Saw anything out of place or out of the ordinary in the areas surrounding Moose Creek
• Saw Kjersem's truck in the area (black Ford F-150)

People should submit footage from the following cameras:

• Trail or game cameras in the Moose Creek area, even if the footage seems irrelevant
• In-car cameras traveling in the Moose Creek area during this time frame

Oleg Zhuravlev, who later, thanks to his friendship with Nikolai Kravchenko (known as Kolya Bes - who was the leader of the Novgorodskaya OPG), became one of the influential businessmen of Veliky Novgorod. However, this friendship cost him his life.

In the 1990s, Oleg Zhuravlev was involved in protecting various businesses. This included lending money at interest, real estate, and wholesale trade.

In particular, two commercial floors of the "Sadko" hotel were under his protection in the mid-1990s. Zhuravlev was closely associated with very influential people of that time. For example, on one of the hotel's floors, a man named "Uncle Borya" (Boris Likhman), who received money from the Malyshev gang in St. Petersburg, was actively engaged in lending to individuals and organizations under Zhuravlev’s patronage. At some point, Likhman and Zhuravlev had disagreements regarding "protection payments," but no one touched Uncle Borya, as he was closely associated with a well-respected Novgorod fixer, Mikhail Ginzburg, who was held in high esteem in both Moscow and St. Petersburg. In the late 1990s, rumors spread that Uncle Borya had died in South America, but many believe this is untrue and that he simply moved abroad.

Thanks to such connections, Zhuravlev gradually started to move out of Kolya Bes’s sphere of influence. The culmination of the conflict between the two authorities occurred when they could not agree on control over the Novgorod Meat Processing Plant and the restaurant "Pri Dvore." This conflict ultimately led to Zhuravlev’s murder.

On the evening of November 9, 1996, while returning from a vacation in Valdai in his jeep, Kolya noticed Oleg Zhuravlev’s car on the road. Zhuravlev was heading to his dacha that day. Seeing his rival, Bes ordered his bodyguards Borovykh and Solovyov, who were accompanying him in another car, to catch up to and kill Zhuravlev, and then burn their car somewhere afterward.

Zhuravlev stopped at a gas station in the village of Kresttsy, and while he was refueling his car, Bes's bodyguards shot him five times with pistols. Zhuravlev’s bodyguard, Yuri Nesterenko, who was with him at the time, managed to escape the killers. He later fled to a European country, where he still lives.

Police officers who arrived at the scene found Zhuravlev still alive. However, his wounds were too severe: on November 10, after surgery at the Kresttsy District Hospital, the businessman died from massive blood loss.

The Murder of Oleg Zhuravlev will come back at "Kolya Bas" - it will be one of the main charges against him in a 2007 criminal case

During the 1980s, several young Americans decided to gather around the figure of a strange subject who called himself Master Michel. The group, which was baptized as Buddhafield, was made up of approximately 120 members who lived together. But behind the facade of Eastern religiosity and toned bodies, Buddhafield would become a dangerous sect oriented to the service of its narcissistic leader.

He demanded extreme devotion from his followers, exploited them at work and economically, humiliated them publicly and demanded that they learn ballet choreography and plays.

In addition, he prohibited his devotees from reading books, listening to the radio and watching television. Master Michel, who later called himself Andreas, gave ambiguous messages regarding the physical appearance of the devotees. He mentioned that they should not obsess about their bodies, while forcing them to be in shape and even to undergo cosmetic surgery.

With the sole purpose of ensuring that everything would turn out well, he would also have them done as soon as possible. But everything would change in 2006, when a former follower decided to send an email to all members, detailing the illegalities that were committed, including the abuse of several men in the cult.

And during the individual hypnotherapy sessions, Andreas took advantage of the opportunity to force some men to have intimate encounters with him. They would soon discover that Andreas' real name was Jaime Gomez, a mediocre actor who had been born in Venezuela and who had even ventured into gay adult films.

After studying hypnotherapy and becoming an acting teacher, Gomez would start his cult. After the serious accusations, the sect fragmented, but to this day it continues to operate in Hawaii.

Disclaimer: This post was originally written in Spanish. I'm a Spanish-speaking Youtuber about true crime, destructive cults, and more. This post is a summary of a script for a video I made on the subject. I know English, but not 100 percent. So I apologize for any errors in translation.

The Facts

• The US Dept. of Justice (DOJ) has indicted Raul Gorrin Belisario, the owner of Venezuela's state-owned media company Globovision, on money laundering charges linked to the country's state-owned oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA).[1]
• The indictment claims that as part of a $1.2B scheme, Belisario paid hundreds of millions in bribes to Venezuelan officials in exchange for foreign currency exchange contracts with PDVSA.[2][3]
• The DOJ alleges that with the foreign currency, Belisario and his co-conspirators purchased real estate and yachts in the US, among other luxury items.[4]
• Belisario is known as a member of the "boliburgueses," a group of wealthy elites with ties to the old Hugo Chavez regime. He purchased Globovision in 2013 and reportedly reduced its criticism of Pres. Nicolas Maduro.[2]
• He faces 20 years in jail if arrested and convicted, though he remains at large. This is not his first stint with the US justice system, having previously been accused of money laundering in 2020.[1]

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On May 1, 1998, on the Rostov-Baku highway, a group of Chechen militants from Baudi Bakuyev's gang kidnapped the deputy plenipotentiary representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Chechen Republic, Valentin Vlasov.

For several months, there was no information about him. At that time, security officials, according to a source, decided to turn to Aslan Usoyan (Ded Hasan) to help get information about the diplomat’s fate through his own "channels."

A few weeks later, Usoyan reported that Vlasov was alive and that $7 million needed to be paid for his release. Ultimately, Usoyan became the mediator in the negotiations and managed to arrange for Vlasov to be freed, which happened on November 13, 1998. What the Thief in Law received in return is not disclosed, but since then, he has not faced serious problems with the authorities.

An athlete during the Soviet era, a crime boss in the '90s, and a politician in the 2000s — Igor Zvonnikov, nicknamed "Zvonar."

Igor Zvonnikov had been involved in business in Kyiv since the late 1980s. Like many entrepreneurs, he fell under the influence of racketeers. To pressure him, the extortionists kidnapped Zvonnikov's wife and threatened to force her into prostitution. Igor turned to some police officers he knew, who freed his wife and began protecting his business in exchange for money.

Later, Igor stopped paying the police and started collaborating with a crime boss named Rybka (We have already covered Rybka story here), who brought Zvonnikov into his inner circle, making him one of his brigade leaders. Zvonnikov was responsible for overseeing the construction business and Kyiv's real estate market and even started his own construction company, building cottages and high-rises.

After Rybka's death in 2005, Zvonnikov fully transitioned into business, legalize his activities and began pursuing a political career. He became a deputy in the Brusyliv District Council.

On June 5, 2009, Zvonnikov was killed by an explosion in the elevator of his own home in central Kyiv. In 2010, the person who ordered the murder, also a deputy of the Brusyliv District Council and a business associate of the deceased, was arrested, along with the individual who built and planted the bomb.

On the day of his death, Zvonnikov, as usual, came home for lunch. He was accompanied by two bodyguards, whom he left at the entrance of the building, telling them he would be out in about 30 minutes. Upon entering the elevator, he pressed the button for his floor. The elevator started moving, but a few seconds later, an explosion occurred, resulting in Zvonnikov sustaining multiple shrapnel injuries that were incompatible with life.

Notably, Igor Zvonnikov used personal security services (he was constantly accompanied by two bodyguards). In media interviews, his father, Vyacheslav Zvonnikov, mentioned that at one point, his son even wore a bulletproof vest out of fear of an assassination attempt. From this incident, it can be concluded that the murdered man's personal security did not conduct any operational-technical inspections in the area of the protected individual’s residence, which ultimately allowed the killers to carry out the planned assassination successfully.

The Moscow Main Internal Affairs Directorate (GUVD) is continuing its investigation into the terrorist attack that occurred on March 30, 1994 in Krylatskoye, involving the explosion of a car belonging to the "Oton" corporation. As a result of the explosion, the corporation's driver, Sergey Shaifullin, was killed, and "Oton" associate Andrey Isaev, along with two children and a police officer who happened to be nearby, were injured. there are two versions currently being investigated. According to one version, the explosion was organized by the corporation's competitors; according to the other, it was orchestrated by Moscow criminal authorities who, in May of last year, had issued a death sentence against a gangster known as "Rospis," who, according to police, is Andrey Isaev.

As previously reported, on March 30, a car belonging to the "Oton" corporation exploded in Krylatskoye as Andrey Isaev and Sergey Shaifullin approached it. Preliminary estimates suggest that the explosive device had a power equivalent to at least 800 grams of TNT. The driver was killed, and Andrey Isaev was injured. Two children playing nearby and a police officer were also harmed. GUVD officers, who wished to remain anonymous, informed that two main versions of the incident are currently being developed.

According to their information, the assassination attempt was aimed at Andrey Isaev (known in the criminal underworld as "Rospis"). Consequently, investigators are trying to determine which of Isaev's business competitors or partners he had conflicts with.

The other version is related to Isaev's activities as a criminal authority. As early as the end of December 1992, he had been detained by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs at the "Solnechny" hotel. At that time, more than 50 leaders of criminal gangs and "thieves-in-law" were celebrating the birthday of an authority figure known as Zakhar (We already covered up this incident over here). All the detainees, except Isaev, were released. He was only released in May, and then a gathering of authorities for unknown reasons sentenced him to death. However, "Rospis" managed to live for more than half a year afterward. He escaped the explosion with only a minor scare and is currently in the hospital

I was wondering if anyone could tell me the name of a wanted man I watched a documentary on years ago.

I don't know how accurate this is because it was a while ago that I watched it, but from what I remember he is thought to have killed his wife/partner and possibly her/their children in a house or ranch somewhere in the US (sorry, I'm bad with remembering states since I'm not from the US). They were found dead on the property, I think in a shed. He had been living a double life; he had another wife/partner in a different town not too far away. I think this was not his first time having two partners at once. He went on the run/disappeared after that, and when I watched the documentary it had been a while (a few years, I think) and he was still missing. I just remembered the case and wanted to see if he had been found. I'm pretty sure they were all over 50 at the time, and also pretty certain that it happened this century.

I've checked Robert William Fisher (wanted, but doesn't fit the double life criteria) and David Miller (doesn't fit either because he never went on the run). John List and a few others I've seen also don't meet it.

The thuggees, which can be translated from Hindi to English as “swindlers” were a sect oriented towards the veneration of the Hindu goddess of destruction and renewal, Kali. The first known record of the so-called thugs dates back to the 14th century.

The thugs made friends with merchants, investigated more about their possessions and then ritually suffocated them using a yellow rumal. The thugs kept the victims’ belongings and prepared the bodies of the deceased for a ritual ceremony in honor of Kali. They broke all the joints in the limbs of their victims to speed up the decomposition process and then buried them. According to the Guinness Book of Records, this cult took the lives of around 2 million people.

The Thugs had many leaders throughout their history, but their last and most lethal leader was a man known as Thug Behram, who by the age of 25 had become an accomplished killer and eventually became the leader of the cult. But with the entry of the British Empire into India during the 19th century, everything would change for the Thugs. In 1838, Thug Behram, the leader of the Thugs, was found in his native Jabalpur. He would be arrested and later confessed that he and his group had murdered approximately 931 people, of which 125 had been executed by himself.

Later, the Thugs began to betray each other, mentioning that this was the will of the goddess Kali and against all odds, in a few years the cult was completely paralyzed and at the end of the 19th century it would be declared extinct.

Disclaimer: This post was originally written in Spanish. I am a Spanish-speaking Youtuber about true crime, destructive cults and more. This post is a summary of a script for a video I made about the case. I know English, but not 100 percent. So I apologize for any errors in translation.

1994 opend up with a big police operation against the illegal drug market in Russia and Ukraine

Just in February 1994, about 200 kilograms of poppy straw and over 10 kilograms of opium were confiscated from criminals by the metropolitan police in the first week of February.

February 11th was particularly productive, with the police conducting 21 raids on drug dealers that day. First, operatives from the 5th Division of the Regional Directorate for Combating Organized Crime arrested 17 Georgian citizens at the Rossiyanka Hotel on Leninsky Prospekt, among them the thief-in-law Revaz Lortkipanidze, nicknamed "Rezo." They found 118 grams of koknar (poppy straw), 0.54 grams of promedol, and 5.5 grams of marijuana. Shortly thereafter, officers from the special police unit under the Moscow Main Directorate of Internal Affairs confiscated 50 grams of opium from a citizen named Kiryakin on Bolshaya Spasskaya Street

However, the biggest catch of the day belonged to operatives from the 8th Division of the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department (MUR). On 7th Parkovaya Street, in the apartment of a certain Shtukarev, they arrested a major drug dealer, an Azerbaijani resident named Dzhavadovogly. He had 17 packages of poppy straw weighing a total of 10.5 kilograms. Earlier, MUR operatives had caught another dealer, Osmanovogly, red-handed on Skakovaya Street with 1.127 kilograms of high-quality Afghan raw opium. They also found equipment for extracting this drug – flasks, acetic anhydride, alkalis, and other chemicals. The largest operation took place on Kerchenskaya Street, where officers from the 8th Division seized 96.83 kilograms of poppy straw from the apartment of Gubanov, who had previously served 12 years for drug trafficking. This straw had been brought from near the Ukrainian city of Lutsk.

According to metropolitan police, most plant-based drugs – poppy straw, marijuana, hashish – still come to Moscow from Ukraine. The Rovno, Sumy, Poltava, and Khmelnitsky regions are especially active in cultivating these drugs. A cup of straw costs wholesale buyers 2,000 rubles in Ukraine but sells for 15,000 rubles on the Moscow market, albeit retail. It's more profitable to convert koknar into opium solution for sale, with one "cube" of the solution fetching 2,000 rubles. Dealers can extract up to 20 cubes from one cup of straw, instantly tripling their profit.

Operatives attribute the increase in drug couriers between Ukraine and Russia not just to the growth of the Moscow drug market but also to seasonal factors. The main opium harvesting season, when straw and marijuana are smuggled into Russia by the ton and police scrutinize shipments more closely, has ended. Now, more cautious individuals are transporting the goods, hoping that as spring approaches, law enforcement's vigilance will diminish. However, this time they were wrong.

Lastly, here are some prices for various drugs on Moscow's black market: 1 gram of opium - 15,000 rubles, 1 matchbox of marijuana - 5,000 rubles, 1 matchbox of hashish - 7,000 rubles, a 5-milliliter ampoule of trimethylfentanyl - 15,000 rubles, 1 gram of impure heroin - $20, 1 gram of cocaine - $150.

Today, October 9th, marks the day of remembrance for two thieves in law who left a significant mark on the history of the criminal underworld: Datiko "Tashkentsky" Tsikhelashvili (1951-2000) and Vyacheslav "Yaponchik" Ivankov (1940-2009).

In the photo: Thieves Vyacheslav "Yaponchik" and Dato Tashkentsky, March 7, 1992, Moscow—the night before "Yaponchik" departed for the USA

While i have already mentioned Datiko in another story about the Chechen Mafia, Yaponchik story and life experiences would be much better to write as a book or make a movie about him movie

Vyacheslav Ivankov started his criminal career when he was still a child at the age of 14, hin nickname Yaponchik meaning Japanese he got because of his facial features, but this wasn't his first nickname, after he married an Assyrian women in his 20s he got the name Assyrian son-in-law

In the 60s and 70s he became part of the Mongol Gang headed by Gennady Karkov known as Mongol, there he worked together with other Thieves in Law such as - Lev Genkin (Siska), Vladimir Bykov (Balda).

In 1974 Yaponchik will join the Thieves in Law and will get the title from Piso and Goga Yerevansky (A story about Goga Yerevansky is in the working)

In 1980 Yaponchik will set up his own criminal organization and soon enough will become one of the pioneers of the Russian Criminal World Renaissance in the 90s

By 1991-1992 Yaponchik was practically the Boss of all Bosses of the Russian Mafia, he was the highest criminal authority, the only one's who could have compete with him were Sergey Timofeev leader of the Orekhovskaya Bratva and Otari Kvantrishvili leader of the Georgian Mafia in Moscow, both at the time were good friends of Ivankov

So what made him to fly out New York? The American Dream? Or criminal investigation against him in his homeland? No one knows exactly what made him do this move, Vyacheslav Ivankov was sure he would conquer New York the same way he took over Moscow, but he miscalculated his chances, Post-Soviet Russia with rampant corruption and ineffective police forces was no mach to the American FBI

Does anyone know more about the disappearance of Charles de Nicolay? I watched an old segment about him from Dzień Dobry TVN from 2019 (a Polish morning TV show), and after reading more about him, I found information on the police website stating that he disappeared at the end of August.

Charles de Nicolay comes from an aristocratic French family. For centuries, its members lived in various parts of Europe, but they eventually chose Krzeczyn Mały—a small village in Lower Silesia, Poland—as their home. In an interview with Piotr Wojtasik, Charles revealed the history of his ancestors and what brought him to Poland. His family lived in France for generations, but during the French Revolution, they were forced to leave the country. Many settled in Switzerland and Belgium. Centuries later, Charles’ family came to Poland, where they made their home in a former German baroque palace.

I also found his Instagram and his wife’s, and since his disappearance, she continues to post cheerful content and hasn’t mentioned anything about her partner being missing for several months. To me, this whole situation is really strange. No one seems to have tried to raise awareness about it, and the only information you can find is here: https://zaginieni.policja.gov.pl/zag/form/r464277423,DE-NICOLAY-CHARLES.html (Polish government website).

Between 1974 and 1975, 6 bodies of individuals belonging to the LGBT community in San Francisco, United States, were found. The lifeless bodies were found near Ocean Beach, with obvious sharp object wounds and near strange drawings of their faces, drawings that were apparently made by the perpetrator of the crimes himself. It is because of that macabre last detail that the wanted subject would earn the nickname of the "doodler".

Apparently, his modus operandi consisted of visiting gay bars and clubs, identifying a possible victim (always a Caucasian man), drawing the subject and then using that drawing with a charming phrase to attract him. Later he would convince them to go to a private place and have privacy, to finally end up executing them and leaving the respective drawing of the victim near the place where he abandoned their inert bodies.

In 1975, three men were separately attacked in an apartment complex, but miraculously survived. This led to the first descriptions of the violent man. Eventually, police released a sketch of the suspect, describing the perpetrator as a handsome African-American, between 19 and 22 years old, about 1 meter 78 centimeters tall, and possessing significant knowledge of illustrations. Perhaps realizing how close he was to being caught, the Doodler never attacked again. But there is speculation that this killer may have been involved in around 14 violent crimes.

Despite the large amount of investigation that has been done over the years, the Doodler has not been caught and the case remains open.

Disclaimer: This post was originally written in Spanish. I am a Spanish-speaking Youtuber about true crime, destructive cults and more. This post is a summary of a script for a video I made about the case. I know English, but not 100 percent. So I apologize for any errors in translation.

In 2023, a school shooting has occurred at an Elementary School in Belgrade, Serbia. The shooter was identified as a 13-year-old boy named Kosta Kecmanovic, and he has shot 14 students and 2 staffs, resulting in the deaths of ten individuals, including nine students and a security guard. Six others, five students and a teacher, also sustained injuries. When the police arrived, Kecmanovic surrendered and was taken into custody. But since he was close to being 14 (for context he was born at the end of July of 2009), which falls below Serbia's age of criminal responsibility (14), he was unable to face legal charges. His father has owned the firearms used in the incident. After the apprehension, Kecmanovic has been placed to a mental health hospital located in the same city. Meanwhile, legal actions have been initiated against his parents. His father faces charges for acts against public safety, while the mother is charged with criminal possession of a weapon. Their criminal trial began in 2024. The attack occurred one day before a separate mass shooting in the country. Both shootings caused protests. Some people say Kecmanovic was bullied. However, he was bullied long before he shot the students and staff, so it can't possibly be the cause of it. Besides, most of the victims didn't even know him. Also, keep in mind that Kecmanovic was taught to use a gun by his father. And by the way the students who were killed were aged 11-14, so some of them were older than him (for context, there is no Middle School in Serbia), while the staff member who died was 51.

Some time ago, many women dreamed of tying their lives to criminal authorities. The motivation behind such a desire could be the aspiration to acquire wealth quickly or, on the contrary, the constant sense of security. Moreover, crime bosses had extensive connections, allowing their wives to secure excellent jobs. However, like always, this ambition came with its own risks. In this article, today we will cover the beloved women of crime bosses who lost their lives as a result of gang conflicts.

Svetlana Kotova

Svetlana Kotova was the beloved of Alexander Solonik, a man who needs no introduction. He was once one of the most professional hitmen, whose services were sought by various criminal groups. How many people fell victim to Solonik remains a mystery. He was arrested multiple times but always managed to escape. Remarkably, he became the only person to have escaped from the infamous "Matrosskaya Tishina" prison.

Solonik was fond of beautiful women, but his longest-lasting relationship was with Svetlana Kotova. Svetlana participated in the "Miss Russia-1996" competition and, after its conclusion, left for Athens with Solonik. On February 2, 1997, Solonik's body was found in the Varibobi forest near Athens. However, Svetlana Kotova went missing. Her search continued for three months until her body was discovered near the resort town of Saronida. At the time of her death, Svetlana had just turned 21.

Alexandra Petrova

Alexandra was from the city of Cheboksary. Even as a child, she stood out for her beauty, and her dream was to pursue a career as a model. At 16, she started to realize her dream. In 1996, she won the title of "Miss Russia."

After receiving the title, Alexandra's career took off rapidly. She constantly received lucrative offers from various modeling agencies. She actively worked, enrolled in a university, but soon met a young man named Konstantin Chuvilin, a member of the "Chapaevskaya" organized crime group. A passionate romance quickly developed between them, and soon they acquired a luxurious apartment and car.

On the evening of September 16, 2000, two men knocked on Alexandra's apartment door. She opened it, and the men burst inside. A neighbor who witnessed the incident called the police. By the time law enforcement arrived, all three people inside had sustained injuries. Alexandra was still alive but died on the way to the hospital. She was only 20 years old. The perpetrators were never found.

Henri Landru, a strange French man, married with 2 children, had a terrible history of scams and criminal activities. Despite the denunciations, by 1915 Landru had taken refuge in the city of Chantilly, in the house of a widow named Jeanne Cuchet.

The first time Henri had tried to scam a widow, everything had ended badly, since the woman denounced him and he ended up in prison. But that first experience had left him with a macabre lesson. The next time he tried, he would eliminate the potential accuser.

And that was exactly what he did with Jeanne. The beginning of the First World War only emphasized Landru's terrible criminal activities, since many women were left completely alone, sometimes permanently.

Henri used several pseudonyms, presented himself as a man with a lot of money and published advertisements for marriage. In this way he received a large number of letters from women, then he chose them for the assets they owned, seduced them for a while, invited them to live together and soon they became his victims. Meanwhile his coffers were filled more and more with the victims' belongings.

The great majority of his misdeeds were carried out in a house in the town of Gambais and when Landru was captured in 1919, the worst would be found in that house. Since small semi-carbonized bone fragments were found that were believed to be from human beings. In addition to a large quantity of ash, dental pieces, two axes, a saw, pliers, tweezers, a list with 293 women's names and of course, a colossal oven.

Landru was eventually found guilty of taking the lives of 10 women and was executed by guillotine on February 25, 1922.

Disclaimer: This post was originally written in Spanish. I am a Spanish-speaking Youtuber about true crime, destructive cults, and more. This post is a summary of a script for a video I made about the case. I know English, but not 100 percent. So I apologize for any errors in translation.

On 15/12/1993, Kommersant learned the details of several criminal cases being investigated by various regional investigative departments in Russia. These cases were initiated in 1992 based on large-scale thefts using counterfeit "Russia" checks.

The main organizer and perpetrator of these crimes was a certain Armen Manukyan, who escaped from Russian law enforcement authorities to the Armenian community in Los Angeles. Although he is a suspect in all the cases, the officers of the Regional Directorate for Combating Organized Crime (RUOP) of the Moscow Main Directorate of Internal Affairs have not been able to consolidate the cases into one and transfer it to the Investigative Committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, which would significantly simplify the investigation.

RUOP officers reported that in 1992 Armen Manukyan, using his connections in the Armenian criminal underworld, joined a criminal group specializing in stealing loans and funds from commercial banks using counterfeit "Russia" checks. To facilitate this, Manukyan created the private enterprise "Puma" in Moscow using fake documents. Among the banks that suffered losses from this group were Orbita Bank, "Bank of Development - XXI Century," Vesta Insurance Company, Promstroibank, and others. Preliminary data indicate that the damage caused by this group amounts to several tens of billions of rubles. The stolen funds were converted through offshore companies and transferred to Los Angeles.

In 1993, RUOP officers tracked down Armen Manukyan, but were unable to arrest him – using a fake foreign passport, he fled to the Armenian community in Los Angeles. That summer, he was arrested by FBI immigration officers for passport violations and placed in a federal prison.

Despite RUOP's efforts to secure Manukyan's extradition, they were unsuccessful. Operatives attribute this to the negligence of the regional investigative departments handling the cases related to Manukyan's thefts. These departments were supposed to send an official extradition request to the US authorities. Since he was released on bail in November, locating him in the US has become significantly more challenging.

One theory suggests that the Armenian diaspora in Los Angeles conceals traces of many crimes committed in the CIS and beyond (including the murder of Ruslan Utsiev in London). Until recently, one of its leaders was the well-known thief-in-law Raf Bagdasaryan (nickname "Svo," meaning "one of us" in Armenian). According to RUOP officers, Los Angeles has recently become a magnet for leaders of various criminal organizations from the CIS, who invest the stolen funds in legal businesses there.

*later it will be revealed thet "Svo Raf" was planning to fly out to Los Angeles together with Armen, but the US Embassy in Moscow refused to give him visa, and soon enough "Svo" would be arrested and will die in prison (According to other versions he was killed by Prison guards on order from higher up)

as for Armen Manukyan he be eventually deported back to Russia in 1995 and sent to jail*

In 2015, the young Canadian Menhaz Zaman began his university years in the city of Toronto. Apparently everything was on track for the young man to have a promising future, being the pride of his parents, who were originally from Bangladesh. But the reality was completely different.

For years, the young man had seen how his father assaulted the women of the home, while placing the responsibility of the family's future on his shoulders. Menhaz could not resist the pressure and after 2 semesters he dropped out of school.

To escape reality, Menhaz decided to join a Discord server specifically geared toward talking about one of his favorite video games. For more than 3 years, Menhaz's deception continued unchanged, the young man spent his days browsing the stores in a shopping center, and attending a community gym when his family believed he was attending classes. But the time of the supposed graduation was approaching and Menhaz began to devise a brutal way to finish off his lie.

On July 27, 2019, one day before the supposed graduation, Menhaz took the lives of all his relatives. Initially, he attacked his mother and grandmother with a blunt object and then with a sharp object. Then he waited for his sister to arrive to take her life, and finally he eliminated his father. While he eliminated his relatives, he told all the details of his terrible actions on the aforementioned Discord server. He also sent photographs of the lifeless bodies.

After the initial disbelief, the members of the Discord server set about searching for Menhaz's data. They distracted him with questions to prevent him from killing another person again, and in the end they found his IP address and the district where he lived. Authorities arrived at the home of Menhaz, who was 23 years old at the time, and after being arrested he was sentenced to life in prison.

Disclaimer: This post was originally written in Spanish. I am a Spanish-speaking Youtuber about true crime, destructive cults and more. This post is a summary of a script for a video I made about the case. I know English, but not 100 percent. So I apologize for any errors in translation.

As Deputy Prosecutor General of Georgia Vakhtang Gvamia stated to a PostFactum correspondent, "the republic's prosecutor's office needs to significantly improve its work." "Judging by the number of registered crime incidents, the situation seems to have improved recently. However, the rampant crime and banditry continue to threaten the stabilization of the country's situation," noted V. Gvamia.

According to the Deputy Prosecutor General of Georgia, "criminals have created entire mafia syndicates for arms trafficking, drug dealing, and racketeering. Until 1990, the worst year in the past 15 years saw 240 murders in Georgia. However, in 1993, 736 people have died in Georgia, excluding those who perished during military actions." The prosecutor of Tbilisi, Mikhail Kurdadze, was murdered in broad daylight. Even high-ranking criminals are not spared. For example, the thief-in-law Nodar Mumladze was killed in Gori, and recently in Tbilisi, the "famous" criminal underworld figure Arsen Mikeladze (Who we mentioned here before) was killed. Over the past two years, 4,000 armed robberies have been recorded.

In turn, Georgian law enforcement agencies have uncovered several groups of armed criminals responsible for armed robberies, murders, and even kidnappings for ransom. V. Gvamia provided some examples. Recently, a gang of 12 people led by Koba Bejuashvili, who had been terrorizing the population of several regions of Georgia with impunity, was neutralized. Members of this criminal group in one of the districts stole 3 tractors, planting equipment, trailers, tractor tires, and more. K. Bejuashvili, in pre-trial detention, took a duty police officer hostage and demanded his release under the threat of blowing everyone up.

V. Gvamia also mentioned the estimated number of automatic rifles in the hands of the population. He referred to the Minister of Defense of Georgia, Giorgi Karkarashvili, who recently stated at a meeting that "it is unknown where 18,000 automatic rifles from the army have gone." According to V. Gvamia, the location of the weapons is known – "they are with the population." The main problem in Georgia is that "the internal affairs and security agencies have become fragmented and as a result, have lost their combat effectiveness," believes V. Gvamia.

In the late 60s, an enigmatic pseudo spiritual woman named Terri Hoffman created a cult with new age tendencies in Dallas called “Conscious Development of Body, Mind and Soul.” What seemed like a sect aimed at satisfying Terri’s ego and filling her pockets ended up becoming something much darker, when a large number of the aforementioned woman’s followers began to take their own lives, or die in strange circumstances.

Some had been diagnosed by the cult leader herself with supposedly incurable diseases. Once the devotees were convinced that their days were numbered, they proceeded to write their wills leaving all their money to Terri. In the end, the autopsies would reveal that they were not suffering from anything at all.

Terri’s actions were brutal, methodical and so well executed that she could never be directly involved in these sad events. But there was one particular case that made the infamous Terri Hoffman and her apparent modus operandi known far and wide. In 1995, the famous American television series “Unsolved Mysteries” dealt with the case of the disappearance of Charles Southern, a devotee of Terri who went missing in 1987. To this day, Charles’ whereabouts are unknown.

Despite the complaints of the victims’ relatives, Terri remained unpunished. She finally passed away at the age of 77, on October 31, 2015. Terri Hoffman’s power of persuasion and brainwashing tactics were extremely brutal. For many scholars of destructive cults, this woman was one of the most dangerous leaders that ever existed.

Disclaimer: This post was originally written in Spanish. I am a Spanish-speaking Youtuber about true crime, destructive cults and more. This post is a summary of a script for a video I made about the case. I know English, but not 100 percent. So I apologize for any mistakes in translation.

Hello all,

I'm an Atlanta-based content producer interested in further exploring a particularly grisly and perplexing case...

In recent years, Georgia’s Chattahoochee River has become an unusual dumping ground: hundreds of headless goats have been discovered floating in its murky waters. The source of the decapitated livestock remains a mystery, with theories ranging from folk religious rituals to drug cartel activity.

I invite you to read the New Yorker article by Charles Bethea on this topic. I'm collaborating with Charles, who's also based in Atlanta, to potentially expand upon his work to dive deeper into this mystery—and hopefully get to the bottom of it once and for all.

We would greatly appreciate any leads, insights, etc. on this case. Thank you.

The Georgian thief Guram Pipia (Guram Sukhumi), born and raised in Sukhumi, his fate was to die in the year the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict ended, just two months after the siege of the Abkhazian capital was lifted. However, he did not perish in the war but in the Moscow suburbs, far from the front lines. In late November 1993, near the "Sokolenok" garage cooperative on the outskirts of Zelenograd, passersby noticed a lone "Zhiguli" car on the roadside. Through the window, they saw the motionless bodies of two men in unnatural positions. The police and emergency services called to the scene confirmed the deaths of both car passengers from point-blank shots to the back of the head.

It was later determined that the deceased were "thief in law" Guram Sukhumi and his younger brother. To this day, the names of the killers and the motive for their execution remain unknown. Most often, death under such circumstances among criminal kingpins is the result of conflicts arising from competitive struggles. In the case of Guram Pipia, the factor of national confrontation between Georgians and Abkhazians was not ruled out.

The murdered Georgian considered himself a forced exile from the republic. At that time, Yuri Lakoba, better known as the former "thief in law" Hadzharat (We covered up his story before), lived in Moscow and actively supported Abkhaz separatists with money and weapons. In addition to him, there was a large diaspora of Abkhazian natives in the capital, who viewed Georgians with suspicion. Lakoba himself was not suspected in Guram's death, as he was considered the victim's godfather according to criminal customs.

Hadzharat and his then-friend, the Georgian thief Khutu (Kalichava), gave the title to the nineteen-year-old Guram Pipia in 1979 in Sukhumi. Guram grew up on Kirov Street, which turned out to be a real incubator for nurturing young criminal talent. A neighbor and childhood friend of Pipia was another future thief, Makhonia Sukhumsky (Kitiya), who gained much greater fame than his neighbor. He was four years younger than Guram and tried in every way to resemble his older friend. After finishing school, Makhonia managed to enroll in the Moscow Plekhanov Academy. After studying there for one year, he realized that it was not his destiny. The example of Guram's easy and beautiful life inspired him more.

Makhonia Sukhumsky lived a much longer life than Guram Sukhumsky, but their ends were the same. Makhonia was shot in Greece in 2010. Like Guram, who had completely lost touch with his homeland, he was buried not in Sukhumi, but in the Moscow region. The younger of the thieves from Kirov Street became one of the closest people to Merab Sukhumsky (Jangveladze), the recognized leader of the Abkhazian diaspora among Georgian thieves,.

Makhonia's death is directly linked to the attempt on the life of the most famous Russian "thief-in-law," Yaponchik (Ivankov). It is believed that the killer, who shot Yaponchik in the stomach with a sniper rifle, was sent on the orders of Merab and another thief well-acquainted with Makhonia, Lado Zugdidi (Janashia). The mass killing of the conspirators began with Lado. After a second attempt, he was killed in Marseille. Then it was Makhonia's turn. If Guram Sukhumsky had lived another couple of decades, he would inevitably have found himself in the same company as Makhonia, Lado, and Merab. Perhaps he would have met the same fate ─ to be killed.

Guram Sukhumsky began mastering the thief's profession early, but he received his title as an advance. By 1979, he hadn't yet served time in prison. To fill this gap in his biography, he would spend most of the next decade in prison. As if aware of the arrival of a new young thief in town, the police arrested Guram for theft, and for the next three years, he underwent the "university" of prison. Shortly after being released, Guram was re-arrested in Ochamchira on clearly trumped-up charges.

His accomplice was a certain Genka-Abkhaz. During interrogations, as prescribed by the "code," Guram remained silent, but Genka was heavily pressured in the cell and, unable to withstand it, testified against the "thief-in-law." In Ochamchira, a court sentenced Guram to a rather severe punishment of 10 years in prison. He appealed the sentence, and his relatives brought him a new lawyer from Moscow, Eduard Sofronsky. Upon re-examination of the case in a higher court, the fabricated evidence literally fell apart.

Many years later, Sofronsky would participate in the "YUKOS case," defending the head of the oil company's security service, Alexey Pichugin, who was accused of murdering the Gorin couple. He would not achieve the same success as in Ochamchira. Sofronsky himself would explain his past victory and current defeat quite simply: "In the Soviet Union, it was possible to achieve justice. The court was fairer. Figuratively speaking, we put on helmets, raised our visors, drew our swords, and fought in an open field. But now I come to a court where everything is predetermined."

Guram Pipia spent the next year and a half of his life free. Anticipating the future, he hurriedly started a family and had a son. In 1986 and 1987, he had brief "stints" for theft. The last time, in 1989, he didn’t make it to a real prison. He was arrested in Krasnodar, sentenced to one year of imprisonment, and spent the entire term being shuttled back and forth between detention centers in Russia and Georgia, as authorities tried to pin more charges on him

In 1990, he was released but did not return to Sukhumi. By then, Abkhazians and Georgians were already in conflict. His mother remained in Abkhazia, destined to endure the war, the siege with frequent shelling, and the storming of Sukhumi. She did not leave her hometown with the wave of refugees, staying there permanently. She learned of her son’s death from a local television broadcast. Abkhaz pickpockets who knew Guram often saw her at the city market and occasionally helped her with money. She passed away recently, in 2015.

Guram Sukhumsky settled in Moscow, and his fortunes immediately improved. In his youth in Sukhumi, he was known as a daring biker. Riding his motorcycle on mountain roads, he had several accidents but always emerged relatively unscathed. In Moscow, his wealth allowed him to switch from motorcycles to cars. Guram’s garage housed four cars, one of which he was especially proud of. Porsche cars are still considered exclusive, and back then, they were viewed as museum pieces. Guram could afford such a toy for $700,000.

He never got around to buying expensive real estate. Throughout his time in Moscow, he lived in a comfortable but rented apartment. Having "risen," Guram called his younger brother from Sochi to join him in Moscow. What the Pipia brothers did in the Russian capital remains shrouded in mystery. Judging by their income, it could have been the drug trade, although unlike other influential Georgians, Guram was never caught with drugs.

Four months before his death, he was arrested in Moscow for the first and only time, but the charges were much more serious than illegal possession of white powder. On Vernadsky Avenue, he was handcuffed on suspicion of kidnapping for ransom. They couldn’t prove the kidnapping and extortion. The abducted businessman, terrified, gave contradictory testimony and then retracted all accusations against Guram Sukhumsky. He was released, only to be found dead with his brother in November. Both Pipias were buried in the Pykhtinskoye Cemetery.

Two years later, Guram Sukhumsky would briefly "resurrect." The Moscow police detained a certain Tariel Pipia, who claimed to be a "thief-in-law" with the same nickname. The impostor was quickly exposed and sent to court for punishment. He was found with a Makarov pistol and several magazines of ammunition. There would never be another thief with the Pipia surname. Guram's son moved to Greece, where he came under the care of his father's friend, the late Makhonia Sukhumsky.

This story begins in 2010, with 8 students from the private American university Sarah Lawrence, located in the state of New York. The young people were studying, living an effusive university life with academic responsibilities mixed with parties and drug use. One of the girls in the group was Talia, who constantly talked about her father, until she convinced her friends that he could live with them once he got out of prison.

The young people lived together in a university residence, and the subject, a man named Larry Ray, gained the trust of 4 of the young people. In the summer of 2011, the 4 young people were invited to live with Larry and his daughter Talia in an apartment in a luxury building. There, Larry began to indoctrinate them more and more, he convinced them to follow a strict daily routine with exercises, he gave them drugs for concentration, he controlled their sleeping and eating hours, he carried out violent physical punishments, he recorded absolutely everything that happened in the place, and he even began to sleep with one of the young women as if she were his wife.

Later, two sisters of one of the students would join and the cult was completed. Larry got into the minds of the young people for almost a decade, he implanted false memories, he made them confess crazy things to extort them and he manipulated them at will until he profited from all of them. In the end, the former classmates of the young people subdued by Ray took it upon themselves to report the events. And the American authorities managed to arrest Larry, sentencing him in 2023 to 60 years in prison.

Clarification: This post was originally written in Spanish. I'm a Spanish-speaking Youtuber about true crime, destructive cults, and more. This post is a summary of a script for a video I made about the case. I know English, but not 100 percent. So I apologize for any errors in translation.

Over 850 unsolved murders, and the common thread? Long-Haul Truckers. While the open road might symbolize freedom for many, it also serves as a chilling backdrop for a series of horrific, yet largely overlooked crimes.

I work in Commercial Auto Trucking Insurance as an Underwriter, poring over CAB Reports, monitoring safety violations(MVR's), and Assessing Risk. Everyday, I sift through data that could potentially reveal much more than just the likelihood of accidents—it might also hold clues to preventing these ongoing tragedies.

The Terrifying Truth Hiding in Plain Sight

850 murders—each red dot on the FBI’s Highway Serial Killings Initiative map marks where remains have been found over the past 30 years. These victims, often found far from home and disconnected from their usual surroundings, paint a grim picture of a predator’s playground.

Why is this horrifying reality not more widely discussed? Even within my industry, where safety data is king, we rarely speak of the potential human cost that could be hidden within these numbers. It’s a chilling thought:

• Could common data points in CAB Reports, like frequent violations, Hours of Service(HOS), Improper Logging, Driver Routes(exact), unusual driving patterns, indicate something more sinister?
• Is there a way to harness AI and machine learning to flag high-risk behavior patterns that go beyond mere traffic safety violations?
• What role can we, as part of the trucking and insurance industries, play in bringing these hidden crimes to light?

This isn’t about casting blame on truckers...many are hardworking, honest individuals. But we must confront the fact that the very nature of long-haul trucking can provide the perfect cover for those with darker intentions.

It's Time to Look Deeper

The data is telling us a story, but are we listening closely enough? Here’s what needs to happen:

• Fleet managers and insurance companies: We need to use telematics and real-time monitoring not just for efficiency and compliance, but as tools to safeguard lives. Can we develop systems that flag unusual stops or deviations from common routes as potential red flags?
• Law enforcement and industry collaboration: Enhanced cooperation can lead to better data sharing and analytics, using both industry insights and investigative leads to prevent future crimes.
• Public awareness and engagement: Only with the public’s understanding and involvement can we hope to shine a stronger light on these crimes, moving towards solutions that protect everyone who shares the road.

How are these people managing this? Between the truck stops, telematics/surveillance, logging, company policy, hours of service, and CAB regulations... what am I missing here? I would love to hear some ideas.

I'm very open to disscusion on the following:

• MVR Reports

• CAB Reports (CABADVANTAGE) and going into detail

• ELDs and Telamatics

• Ideas...

(11/06/1993) Operations were conducted by various divisions of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Moscow Main Directorate of Internal Affairs to free hostages, arrest extortionists, and seize weapons and drugs.

On Thursday evening, officers from the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department detained an active member of the Kutaisi criminal group at the Sklifosovsky Institute hospital, who guarding his wounded comrade with an RGD-5 grenade. Around the same time, operatives from the department arrested the leader of the Sokolniki Bratva, the criminal kingpin Mr. Savoskin (we have mentioned him before). During the search, 1.4 grams of opium were confiscated from him, and an RGO-2 grenade was found in his apartment.

Later, 19 people who had kidnapped the commercial director of Goliath Ltd. and demanded $10,000 for his release were detained by officers from the same police division. On the same day, employees of the Ministry of Security and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia exposed a criminal group that had organized a fictitious check investment fund. 188,000 counterfeit shares of the fund were seized from the detainees. It is believed that the detainees managed to "earn" several billion rubles from this scheme.

On May 28, 2014, a 37-year-old woman named Wu Shuoyan was waiting for her family at a McDonald's in Zhaoyuan City. At that moment, a group of 6 people entered the premises and began to explain their religious beliefs to the customers of the place, at the end they demanded from all the listeners their respective cell phone numbers to establish future contacts.

Wu refused twice and was accused by these people of being an evil spirit, shortly after she was savagely beaten by them to death. The incident was recorded by the premises' cameras and despite the fact that several customers wanted to intervene, the violent group threatened to beat them back.

The police arrived at the scene and arrested the 6 people, who were put behind bars. The Chinese government reported that the attackers were members of a very controversial cult known as "eastern lightning." The sect has distanced itself from the events and it is now believed that this event was perpetrated by members of a dissident branch of the “Eastern Lightning”.

2 of the 6 perpetrators were sentenced to death and executed in 2015, while the event was used by the Chinese government to carry out several raids and arrests of members of the original Eastern Lightning sect. The Christian-tinged sect was founded in China by Zhao Weishan and Yang Xiangbin in the 1990s and currently has between 3 and 4 million members worldwide.

Due to recent health events, the cult has proliferated in many countries via social media, especially on WhatsApp. In 2023, authorities in the state of Nuevo Leon, Mexico began investigating the sect after 2 minors were lured into a WhatsApp group of the cult through technological gifts.

They were later kidnapped and when authorities found them, the minors refused to give more details about the incident.

Disclaimer: This post was originally written in Spanish. I am a Spanish-speaking Youtuber about true crime, destructive cults and more. This post is a summary of a script for a video I made about the case. I know English, but not 100 percent. So I apologize for any errors in translation.

Last Wednesday (September 1, 1993), on Yunykh Lenintsev Street, officers from the MUR Department for Combating Banditry, together with colleagues from RUOP and the Operative-Search Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, with the support of operatives from the Department for Combating Illegal Drug Trafficking of the same agency, detained a thief in law, Otari Kvaratskhelia, known by the nickname Kimo. During a personal search, an RGD-5 grenade and four ampoules containing the drug trimethylfentanyl were seized from him.

(We already mentioned Otari Kvaratskhelia - "Kimo" before, while in prison in Georgia he managed to find himself in the same cell with Yuri Lakoba - Yura Sukhumsky, by this time, Yuri Lakoba wasn't considered a thief in law no more, after he was stripped of this title, Kimo have slashed Yuri face with a knife before the guards intervened)

As one of the operatives involved in the arrest told a Kommersant correspondent, Mr. Kvaratskhelia had already been detained by MUR officers on May 21. At that time, according to him, Kimo was under the influence of drugs and was armed with a Makarov pistol. Mr. Kvaratskhelia was detained and placed in Butyrka prison, but in August he was released on bail of 1 million rubles.

Soon, MUR received information that a drug den had been organized in one of the houses on Yunykh Lenintsev Street: residents repeatedly noticed empty ampoules and blood-stained bandages in the trash bins. According to them, very suspicious individuals were constantly arriving at the house in foreign cars. When the information was checked, operatives established that none other than Mr. Kvaratskhelia was temporarily living in one of the apartments. Covert surveillance was established on the apartment, and last Wednesday, Kimo, who drove up to house number #48 in a BMW, was detained.

(28.09.1993) The organized crime in the city of Bishkek (Capital of Kyrgyzstan) is entering the final phase of forming the so-called "Obshchak", thieves fund under the leadership of a recognized crime world leader. Typically, this leader is a "vor v zakone" (thief in law). Until recently, such an "authority" did not exist in Bishkek, and the Chechen Mafia under the leadership of "Aziz" tried to take advantage of this.

Aziz Alashevich Batukaev was born on April 30, 1966, in the town of Tokmak, Chuy Region of the Kyrgyz SSR. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, a redistribution of property began in the republic, as in the entire post-Soviet space, and Batukaev actively joined this process. By the mid-1990s, he was one of the leaders of the largest gang in the country, which also included Aziz's older brother, Alauddin

The gang engaged in racketeering, contract killings, drug trafficking and was considered the major Criminal Group in the Chüy Region

To lend more legitimacy to the upcoming action, Aziz decided to seek the support of the Moscow Chechen mafia groups, and went to Moscow in early September. However, Aziz's Moscow mandate did not faze the already fairly strong and power-hungry Bishkek mafia.

Allegedly on the same Trip to Moscow he was crowned (Given the Title Thief-in-Law) by Legendary Georgian Thief in Law Dato Tashkentsky - Datiko Tsikhelashvili, this information was confirmed by Police Report following Tashkentsky arrest in 1996, while some of Dato partners deny thet Aziz was Crowned as a thief in law, thet lead to future conflicts about Aziz Legitimacy in the Criminal World, It's would have been more simpler to ask Datiko if he hadn't died in 2000

While engaged in mutual conflicts, the groups lost their vigilance, which the Bishkek police quickly took advantage of. Surrounding the meeting place, armed officers detained about a hundred people within minutes. Unfortunately, Aziz managed to escape by car at the last moment. It seems that not only the Bishkek police are satisfied with the results of the operation, but also the local mafia. Now nothing will prevent them from completing the creation of the "Obshchak," and the leader will likely be determined through healthy competition.

As for Aziz, it wouldn't take long until he would be caught and sent behind bars

Elizabeth Wettlaufer remains one of the worst serial killers in Canadian history. The nurse secretly targeted frail hospital patients between 2007 and 2016 and left them for dead.

She had hinted to friends about being responsible for the deaths but they never believed her — it was only when the killer confessed to authorities herself that her double life, as a deranged murderer, came to light.

Wettlaufer struggled greatly with alcoholism and drug abuse while she worked as a nurse; she routinely turned up for work drunk, or missed shifts entirely. In 2014, she was fired after giving the wrong medication to a patient.

In September 2016, she entered an inpatient drug rehabilitation program. Here, she confessed to staff that she had killed or attempted to kill several of her patients. She hand wrote a list with several names and date and, soon, a horrific story started to unravel.

Police discovered that several deaths of patients at Carressant Care, thought to have been natural, were actually caused by the nurse meant to protect them.

Wettlaufer had snuck into the facility’s medicine stores and inserted insulin into what’s known as an ‘insulin pen,’ typically used to treat people with diabetes. But she would load up the pen with huge doses and jam it into the bodies of elderly patients which caused hypoglycemic shock — a blood-sugar level crash.

The nurse never claimed to gain pleasure from the murders she carried out, stating that she felt horrible after killing each victim. Court documents state she had ‘significant symptoms of borderline personality disorder’ which could have spurred her need to kill.

‘I have caused horrendous pain,’ Wettlaufer would say during sentencing. ‘Sorry is much too small a word. I hope that the families can find some peace and healing.’ 

This isn't the first case of a medical professional going on a killing spree. However, the confusion over Wettlaufer’s motive – or lack thereof – still baffles experts.