The Obama Administration has named the Brothers’ Circle as one of the transnational organized crime groups that posed the greatest threat to American security and . The three other groups mentioned in are well-established groups like the Naples, Italy-based Camorra, the Mexican Zetas cartel, and the Japanese Yakuza, which is highly centralized and .
The Brothers’ Circle is not a term used by Interpol, is not listed on Wikipedia, and befuddles transnational organized crime experts. So who are they?
“I have not found anyone in Russian law enforcement or elsewhere who actually says ‘yes, the brother’s circle is an organization and it exists,’ ” Mark Galeotti, an expert on Russian and Eurasian security affairs and transnational crime and Academic Chair of the Center for Global Affairs at New York University told OCCRP.