The (in)famous "Pruszkow" mafia is well known all over Poland, as the most dangerous and brutal Polish criminal organisation. However, few people realise that the Polish gang is only one of the links in the European network of Solncevo ? the worst Russian mafia. The Pruszkow gang has played this role since the beginning of the 1990's. Under the Russian network, the Polish gangsters were given carte blanche for small and medium-sized business. Larger deals, such as international trade in weapons, drugs and women, was coordinated by representatives of Solncevo in Warsaw. According to the general inspector of tax information, about $9 billion earned through criminal activity flows annually into the Polish market. Officers from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBS) estimate that about $5 billion of that amount comes from funds laundered in Poland by Solncevo mainly by firms owned by Pruszkow. At the end of 1980's and early 1990's, when Polish mafias were still in their early development phases, Solncevo was already a huge criminal operation. A report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1995 stated that this mafia was the largest Eurasian criminal organization, in terms of its assets, influence and scope of financial control. -Library of the NISAT.