He said many Russian banks have links to organized crime and corrupt officials.

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Law enforcement officials continue to probe Scob's links to organized crime in Russia.

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Rio's van services are widely reviled for their precarious safety conditions and reckless driving, as well as their links to organized crime.

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Although Grey Goose found no direct evidence to suggest direct involvement by the Russian government, "We did find evidence of links to some existing organized criminal elements in Russia, " says Ferguson.

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"Having worked with ASADA for the past five years it was very clear that there were links between elements of organized crime importing and distributing prohibited substances across Australian sport, " Ings told CNN.

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Home Secretary Charles Clarke said in a BBC interview that police must ascertain what links the bombers had to organized groups.

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He is the same man who armed the naval commandos who boarded the Mavi Marmara with paintball guns, even though it was known that the Turkish IHH, which organized the pro-Hamas flotilla, had links to terror groups.

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Nor was AFL chief Andrew Demetriou surprised by the links between the supply of drugs and organized crime.

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Some have ties to potentially hostile national militaries and intelligence services or have links to proliferation activities, money laundering, organized crime, technology theft, arms smuggling, state sponsors of terrorism and other global bad actors.

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