Thieves by Law Trailer

Thieves by Law, or Ganavim Ba Hok is a 2010 documentary film charting the rise of Russian organized crime in the wake of the fall of the Soviet Union. In the film several noted crime figures are interviewed, a number of which are currently wanted by Interpol. Brief Synopsis Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov is a successful Russian millionaire who got rich after 1987, when Gorbachev introduced perestroika. “How?“ you may ask? He is one of three Russian Mafiosos, who allowed director Gentelev a look-see into their world. Thieves By Law paints a fascinating tableau of men that would make Tony Soprano a wimp in comparison. The film steers the viewer through the complex intrigues with archive footage, interviews, a lively soundtrack and information in voice-over. Personal histories are interwoven with the evolution of the Russian Mafia itself beginning in Stalin’s gulags and slowly transforming into an international organization. The Mafia and Code of Thieves have always directly correla