Hollywood goodfella: Russian mafia informer , 44, found dead in UK

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Russian mafia informer , 44, found dead in UK
Nov 29th 2012, 23:34

Granville Road on the St George’s Hill private estate, where Russian businessman Alexander Perepilichnyy collapsed on November 10, is seen near Weybridge in Surrey (OLIVIA HARRIS, Reuters / November 28, 2012)

WEYBRIDGE, England/LONDON (Reuters) – A shady Russian businessman cooperating with Swiss authorities targeting  a powerful  Mafia  fraud syndicate  has died in clandestine circumstances near his mansion in Britain

Alexander Perepilichny, 44,  had been helping a Swiss investigation into a Russian Mafia money-laundering  racket  by providing  proof  of corruption against  his former cohorts   

Perepilichny had also informed  on  those involved in  the 2009 death of anti-corruption lawyer , Sergei Magnitsky ,  a  highly publicized  case  that  prompted the United States to  promote a bill cracking down on Russian crime and corruption. 

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