# Quote — Craig Unger, American Kompromat

> [A] ... 1999 article by... Knute Royce... cited a 1994 FBI file characterizing [Kislin] as a "member/associate" of the mob organization headed by ... "godfather of Russian organized crime in the United States." ...Kislin had started Trans Commodities Inc. ..."...known to have laundered millions of dollars from Russia to New York." ...Trans Commodities, and Anton Malevsky... contract killer for the , were... allegedly tied to... Mikhail Chernoy... a major figure in the... Aluminum Wars... marked by embezzlement, money laundering, and murder. ...[T]he report said... Kislin was... a "close associate" of... arms smuggler Babeck Seroush and that he... cosponsored a visa for Malevsky.

- Author: [Craig Unger](https://www.leafyquotes.com/craig-unger.md)
- Book: [American Kompromat](https://www.leafyquotes.com/craig-unger/american-kompromat.md)
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