ThePolakVet, do you have information about Boris Dekanidze and the Vilnius brigade, how was it structured, if it's still active etc? I am interested in Dekanidze because he is one of the few mafia bosses of any nation to ever get the death penalty. Do you know if there ever were any other major kingpins executed in the Baltic states?
I remember watching a video where Dekanizde was meeting some crime bosses from Latvia in the 90's shortly before his death penalty.
The brigade is dead, there were other groups that took their place. Some of the old members are still out there, could be connected with other groups or running their own. I think the structure was more or less Boris and his father Georgiy Dekanidze being the bosses, with the later operating in US. And the rest were just their soldiers.
I remember there was some other small time robber gang leaders that may have been executed in the Baltic states. But Dekanidze was the last and only one in 90's.
