From: Kyiv Post
Kyiv Post Editor’s Note: The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, a Kyiv Post partner, investigates the ease of getting weapons in Moldova and their flow to Ukraine.
CHISINAU, Moldova – One of the most powerful criminal groups in Moldova offered Russian army weapons, including rocket-propelled grenades, last month to a reporter from the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project.
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Romanian and Moldovan law enforcement say the Druta brothers are part of an organized crime group led by Ion Gusan, also known as “Nicu Patron” (Nicu The Boss). The Patron’s network specializes in human trafficking, cigarette smuggling, racketeering and contract killing.
Gusan was arrested in September 2013 in Romania. He and two lieutenants were charged with cigarette smuggling and with forming an organized crime group. The court case is pending and court records OCCRP reporters read name Druta as a member of the crime group.
