BIS report: mafia linked to police, politicians and state authorities

Elsewhere in its 2007 annual report, BIS said mafia groups were using contacts with state authorities, the police, the judiciary and politicians to launder money. The most active gangs involved in this kind of corruption were from Russia, the Caucuses and the Balkans, the report said. The groups have ties to the Czech underworld, as well as specialists such as lawyers and various kinds of advisors. BIS said they were also providing financial backing to some Czech university students in fields which would later lead to jobs in the state administration or the security services.