SOCIETY / EVENTS 11/14/2023
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Police strike against one of the most active Georgian thieves' mafias: 31 arrested
More than 350 agents are part of an operation against a gang of thieves with an epicenter in Catalonia
Cesc Maideu
3 min

Mossos d'Esquadra, National Police, FBI and Interpol collaborate in a joint operation. MOSSOS
Arrive in Catala
BARCELONA When in Russian mafia environments someone calls a shodka it means that there are important issues to discuss. It is a meeting of the leaders of a mafia to settle internal issues. They serve to promote (also called crown) members in the ranks, but also to resolve internal disputes or set new objectives. They are clandestine meetings that are organized periodically and where there is no shortage of vodka. Although it is a Russian concept, many mafias in former Soviet countries have retained it over the years. This is the case of the criminal group of Georgian thieves that this Tuesday the Mossos d'Esquadra, National Police, Interpol and the FBI dismembered in Catalonia.

Operation Shodka began at dawn and at this point it is still underway. At the moment, according to police sources, there are 31 detainees. However, according to sources consulted by ARA, the police have not yet managed to arrest Vor v Zakone. This is what the old Soviet mafias called their boss, a term that is still used today. The Georgian mafia installed in Barcelona had a vor z zakone that the police had identified and located. Now, when they entered his house this morning, according to sources close to the case, he was not there. The same sources indicate that he is located and they will catch him soon. The arrests have been accompanied by thirty searches, 17 of them in Barcelona. The other arrests have been made in towns in the metropolitan area such as Badalona, ??Cornellà de Llobregat and El Masnou and in other parts of the country, such as Tarragona, Sitges and Castellbisbal. The operation has also left its mark outside Catalonia, with entries to Estepona, Marbella (one of the epicenters of the eastern mafia in Spain) and Alicante.