La Raid means that the Feds are arrested by alleged members of the Armenian crime ring

The letter

• The federal authorities carried out raids in Los Angeles and Florida and arrested 13 alleged members of an Armenian crime syndicate with Russian mafia relationships.

• The arrested individuals are exposed to federal complaints about crimes such as attempted murder, kidnapping, theft of online individual dealers and illegal guns.

• The authorities confiscated cash, armored vehicles and illegal weapons while a suspect remains on the run.

LOS ANGELES – – The federal authorities carried out several raids in the Los Angeles region on Tuesday, which led to several arrests of alleged members of an organized Armenian crime ring with Russian mafia connections.

Criminal prosecution officers in California and Florida carried out the raids and arrested 13 alleged members and employees of an Armenian organized crime syndicate.

What we know

According to a press release from the US lawyer Bill Essayli's Office, the arrested with five federal complaints because of “a number of crimes -including murder attempt, kidnapping, ten million theft of online retailers -and illegal guns -to expand and keep their control in San Fernando Valley.”

“This transnational criminal organization was operated by the structure and brutality of an international cartel, which causes public security considerably and causing a significant damage to legitimate trade and supply chains,” said HSI Los Angeles, the deputy special agent dayne. “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.”

Documents received by FOX 11 have been detailed in detail, which could be described as an internal power struggle between the crime groups that have been playing in the LA district since 2022. The members supposedly fought for “control in their territory, which led to several attempts to murder and a kidnapping”.

“Armenian organized crime groups are usually the quiet ones,” said Hal Kempfer, a former intelligence officer. “You don't hear much about you. One of the reasons is that you are very sophisticated. You tend to concentrate on crimes that attract less attention. The Russians, on the other hand, are notoriously violent.”

The Armenian crime group is also accused of bank fraud, cable fraud and freight theft. According to the duly documents, they are accused of having rejected and stolen cargo cars with millions of dollars from Amazon.

“We will see whether more of it, but a lot of Russian organized crimes is associated with Russian secret services,” said Kempfer. “It is like any other business. There is a part in which they compete and there is a part in which they work together. The Armenians were always good at working.”

The authorities confiscated more than 100,000 US dollars in cash on Tuesday, three armored vehicles and illegal weapons. A suspect has not yet been arrested.

“The investigators of the Buranken police authority have spent hundreds of hours to examine these hideous violent crimes,” said Rafael Quintero, chief of police from Burbank. “The police authority of Burank is grateful for the support of the law enforcement companies and the US law firm for their work to hold these people accountable for their actions.”

“Today's arrests reflect that my office and our law enforcement partners have undertaken to protect America by reducing transnational criminal organizations,” said Bill Essayli, the United States lawyer. “Let today's enforcement measures be a warning for criminals: Our communities are not their playground to operate violence and fight.”