Russia's War Against Ukraine
OP-ED
Mark Galeotti: How the invasion of Ukraine is shaking up the global crime scene
Pro-Russian separatists sit in a trench at a check point near the village of Frunze, eastern Ukraine on Nov. 4, 2014.
As Putin's "little green men" were taking Crimea back in March, I was speaking with both cops and gangsters in Moscow who saw this as a great business opportunity - a chance for Russian gangs to move into new turf, make new alliances, and open up new trafficking routes.
