13 Musty Armenian crime syndicate members who were arrested in a series of raids -NBC Los Angeles

In a number of coordinated attacks in the Los Angeles and Florida area, 13 alleged members and employees of the Armenian crime syndicates were arrested on Tuesday due to federal costs, including murder and kidnapping in connection with efforts to expand their criminal companies in San Fernando Valley.

According to the US public prosecutor's office, the accused were charged with five federal criminal complaints. A defendant remains at large. The prosecutors said that the raids on Tuesday morning also led to a confiscation of around 100,000 US dollars in cash, three armored vehicles and 14 firearms.

“This transnational criminal organization was operated by the structure and brutality of an international cartel, which causes public security to damage significantly and cause significant damage to the legitimate trade and supply chains,” Los Angeles said in a statement. “The transnational criminal organizations depicted are the core of the HSI mission. Through close cooperation with our law enforcement partners, we are responsible for these perpetrators and disturb their criminal company at every level.”

The accused included Ara Artuni, 41, by Porter Ranch, who was charged with attempted murder in favor of unemployment, and Robert Amiryan, 46, from Hollywood, who, according to the US prosecutor, was charged for kidnapping.

According to the public prosecutor, the operations aimed at the organized crime of poor, a Russian mafia-connected criminal organization that uses the Los Angeles area as the basis for US operations. The prosecutors said that two of the local leaders of the organization – Artuni and Amiryan – were involved in a violent power struggle for territorial control, which led to several attempted murders and kidnapping.

Artuni allegedly ordered the attempt to murder Amiryan in the summer of 2023, while Amiryan in June 2023 with Associates to kidnap and torture one of Artunis.

Artuni and members of his company supposedly also have crimes such as bank fraud, cable fraud and “freight theft”, the online retailers like Amazon – wob

The prosecutors said that the accused have prison terms of 10 years to life imprisonment.