Is the Odessa Mafia related to the ODESSA Network?
ODESSA was the supposed NAZI escape network, and the Odessa Mafia would probably refer to the region it originates in, Odessa Ukraine.
Your question on Odessa see's the Network a reality for a time period [Post WW-2/cold war]... with slotting for the transfered.
Odessa Mafia would be seen as hubed out of Newyork with satellite's in say San Fransisco,LA,Chicago and New Orleans [Port/commerce]
The Odessa players in New York are short period aswell.
Many are bumped off by each other..or are bumped off at the behest of Moscow or Euro-Russian Capo's.
The Russians prey on each other wholesale.
They are sent/recieved to U.S.
If they show up in the U.S. without an overseer.....life expectancy is short.
Shift:
The Ex Nazi pipeline is one of methodical businessman class and ties to Gov.
The Russian crime systems are mutlifold in numeric over German.....and are sloppy.
as mentioned.....the Russians do each other broad daylight anywhere.
Ex Nazi imperative is very low key and seldom acted or acts without layered support.
Russian crime sells weapons...even Generals in the Soviet Military.
yet much of what they sell is crap.
The Germans however deal in quality.
German consortiums built many of Saddams bunkers and military instillations.
so well did they build...that after Gulf War 1....U.S. went into R&D mode...as muni's used in the war on these facilities were nominally effective.
some facilities had upper cases collapse.....with lower intact.
Germans build things well.
some of that German technology knowledge was applied in Syria to protect their missile fire chain.
newer gen penetrators by U.S.and Israel will punch in deeply to destroy these now.
but a short while ago.....it wasn't so.
Germany enjoys knowledge brokering now....hence their pleasure in allowing Chi coms to drop in and buy up business's or hang around and pay for defined technology at a premium price.
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