When the Soviet Union collapsed, the Russian Mafia assumed new power, becoming Interpol's Enemy Number One as they extended operations to the U.S. and Europe. From his base in New York's Brighton Beach area, Vyacheslav Ivankov became the Russian Mafia's U.S. mastermind and remained immune from prosecution until two bankers turned state's evidence. We also look at their trafficking of women from the old Soviet borders into the illegal sex trade in the West.