Russian crime in Sihanoukville - reasons why ?

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Re: Russian crime in Sihanoukville - reasons why ?

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I had a good look at pearl City years ago when the shophouses were for sale, they were pretty well fitted out. Surely it's all money laundering, thousands of empty properties. Whatever happened to the Rebels plans down there?
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not the only place though

in london
The Metropolitan police have revealed that more than £180m of British property has been put under criminal investigation in the last decade as the likely proceeds of corruption. Detectives have warned it is the tip of the iceberg.
from http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015 ... say-police
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Re: Russian crime in Sihanoukville - reasons why ?

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An interesting article from the Phnom Penh Post Weekend:

Big trouble in Little Russia

As the feud between Sihanoukville’s two richest and most powerful Russians intensifies, things are getting are getting even crazier down on the coast

It’s like Russia in the 1990s. That era has come here,” says long-time Sihanoukville businessman Nikolai Doroshenko.

“Very dangerous people are coming.”

Doroshenko is speaking from a dimly lit room above his home base of Snake House, a restaurant and guesthouse with a mini-zoo filled with hundreds of snakes and crocodiles, located on a lush patch of land in Sihanoukville’s aptly named Soviet Street.

These dire times will continue, he promises, as long as his arch-rival, the fugitive Russian property tycoon Sergei Polonsky, remains in the Kingdom.......

http://phnompenhpost.com/big-trouble-little-russia

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The fact that Polonsky has thus far evaded the clutches of the international police on a warrant for embezzlement in Russia bothers the Doroshenkos considerably.

“Interpol is looking for him. And no matter where they check, nothing happens,” said Ostap

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We've wondered about the empty buildings around town - it's like everything gets to a certain point and then stops.

Thanks for the explanation, I'm a bit mind boggled at the depths of the corruption.
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Yobbo wrote:The fact that Polonsky has thus far evaded the clutches of the international police on a warrant for embezzlement in Russia bothers the Doroshenkos considerably.

“Interpol is looking for him. And no matter where they check, nothing happens,” said Ostap

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Like any of this bothered the doroshenkos when blood wasn't bad.
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