The Structure of Russian organized crime in the United States differs from that the American Mafia in many ways. Russian crime groups are fluid, and membership is Transient consisting of five to twenty people. The Russian organized crime group is loosely structured, without a hierarchy because the groups are normally formed on the basis of regional background or built around a particular enterprise (Abadinsky, 2013). In addition, one group may consist mostly of immigrants from Kiev. However, another may group consist mostly of Georgians. A group may organize to extort money from local suppliers or operate a gasoline tax evasion scheme. Also, Russian organized crime differs because criminals with the group mistrust each other. In Russian groups
