Russian 'Mafia' Marches on Paradise

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It was an influx of Russian tourists, businessmen and investors to the Caribbean island of Antigua that attracted the attention of United States law enforcement officials. When some of the Russians broke away from their groups and contacted local criminals with suspected Colombian or Sicilian mafia ties, the Americans' suspicions about the visitors were raised.

Caribbean and US anti-drugs agents now believe the visitors to the former British colony and tourist paradise were Russian organised crime envoys, setting up ties with Colombian and Italian mafias who ship cocaine, heroin and marijuana through the eastern Caribbean to North America and Europe.

The Russians' …