Semion Mogilevich

Semion Mogilevich
Semion Mogilevich
	An image of Semion Mogilevich released by the FBI and State Department on 6 April 2022
FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive
Charges	Fraud by Wire; Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act Conspiracy; Mail Fraud; Money Laundering Conspiracy; Money Laundering; Arms trafficking; Drug trafficking; Human trafficking; Aiding and Abetting; Murder; Smuggling; Prostitution; Securities fraud; Filing False Registration With the SEC; False Filings With the SEC; Falsification of Books and Records;
Alias	Seva Moguilevich; Semon Yudkovich Palagnyuk; Semen Yukovich Telesh; Simeon Mogilevitch; Semjon Mogilevcs; Shimon Makelwitsh; Shimon Makhelwitsch; Sergei Yurevich Schnaider
Description
Born	Semion Yudkovich Mogilevich; June 30, 1946; Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Ukrainian, Russian
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	130 kg (290 lb)
Occupation	Russian mafia boss, confidence trickster, businessman, racketeer, crime lord, gangster
Spouse	; Tatiana Markova (divorced) ; Galina Grigorieva (divorced) ; Katalin Papp (m. 1991)
Status
Added	October 23, 2009
Removed	December 17, 2015
Number	494
	Removed from Top Ten Fugitive List

Semion Yudkovich Mogilevich (Russian: Семён Юдкович Могилевич, IPA: [sʲɪˈmʲɵn ˈjutkəvʲɪtɕ məɡʲɪˈlʲevʲɪtɕ]; Ukrainian: Семен Юдкович Могилевич, romanized: Semén Yúdkovych Mohylévych, IPA: [seˈmɛn ˈjudkowɪtʃ moɦɪˈlɛwɪtʃ]; born June 30, 1946) is a Ukrainian-born Russian organized crime boss. He is described by agencies in the European Union and United States as the "boss of all bosses" of most Russian Mafia syndicates in the world, he is believed to direct a multi billion-dollar international criminal empire and is described by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as "the most powerful and dangerous gangster in the world," with immense power and reach at a global scale, and connections to prominent government, military, and law enforcement officials, and powerful politicians around the world. He has been accused by the FBI of "weapons trafficking, contract murders, extortion, drug trafficking, and prostitution on an international scale."

Mogilevich's nicknames include "Don Semyon" and "The Brainy Don" (because of his business acumen). According to US diplomatic cables, he controls RosUkrEnergo, a company actively involved in Russia–Ukraine gas disputes, and is a partner of Ivan Gordiyenko.