page_title: Anti-organized crime institutions in Russia
section_title: Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD)
hierarchical_section_title: Anti-organized crime institutions in Russia / Government / Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD)
caption_attribution_description: English: Russian Federation, Ministry of the Interior, Medal "For Valor in Service" of the Department for Combating Organized Crime.
context_page_description: Anti-organized crime institutions in Russia are being developed. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, organized crime has taken control of many major sectors of Russia's state economy, society, and government. Most initiatives and institutions developed against organized crime groups have failed. Others, that have managed to remain standing, struggle in having any influence over the groups or cannot stop them, thus sitting idly without the ability to influence any crime. Owing to the Russian government's continuous failure to curb organized crime, other nations such as the United States have tried to intervene and assist it in finding strategies.
  Organized crime does not have a set definition that is recognized worldwide because every nation defines organized crime by different terms depending on their perceptions of variables such as culture and policy. In Russia, organized crime is defined by law enforcement authorities as, "... an organized community of criminals ranging in size from 50 to 1,000 persons, which is engaged in systematic criminal business and protects itself from the law with the help of corruption."
context_section_description: The Ministry of Internal Affairs is the government agency in charge of combating organized crime. The agency has been around long before the collapse of the Soviet Union. A few of its branches include the militsiya, the tax police, and the Organized Crime Control Department. The MVD always participates in any crime related investigations or actions in the Duma. Few members of the MVD have been known to be collaborators with organized crime.
caption: Russian Federation, Ministry of the Interior (MVD), Medal "For Valor in Service" of the Department for Combating Organized Crime.
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