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[rollieboy]

Uzbek gang is arrested for shaking down illegal aliens

Police arrested the leader and 14 other members of an Uzbekistan organized crime gang yesterday on charges of extorting money from illegal aliens in Korea.

Police in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi province, said that they had taken into custody members of a group called the "Roman" gang. They were charged with running a protection racket and battery. The gang's leader, Rahim John, is allegedly a member of an Uzbekistan organized crime group. He and five others travelled to Uzbekistan last August and returned with eight more members before forming the "Roman" group in Cheonan.

The gang identified their victims through travel agencies in Vladivostok, Russia, selecting people looking for jobs in Korea. After picking up the job-searchers at the airport, the gang took them to Cheonan, stripped them of their passports and turned them over to factories in the Gyeonggi area. The gang received 231,000 won ($200) per person from the factory, and 115,000 won per month from the workers in exchange for linking them up with the jobs. Since forming the gang last May, the group has amassed around 76 million won from 74 people.

Most of the victims were workers who entered Korea on tourist visas or students whose visas had expired. The gangsters threatened to harm worker's family members back home if the victims didn't make their monthly payments.

"According to our investigation, the gang sent half of the money to a travel agency account at a regional bank in Russia," said the agency's criminal branch chief, Kim Yong-su.

Police are uncovering an increasing number of foreign gangs. This is the sixth case of its kind since 2001 and the second this year. Most of the gangs' operations are protection rackets involving illegal immigrants from their own countries. Gambling and people smuggling are further sources of revenue.


by Eum Tae-min <[email protected]>

[kangnamdragon]

My gang and I hang out and raz the gang from Poland.

[itaewonguy]

wish they would use another name.. ROMAN! that bring disgrace to the name.. why not use.. the BOLSAVIKS!