Name of Faction: Karabakh Syndicate
Number of Members:9
Type Of Faction: Syndicate-Crime Family
Ethnic Background: Armenian
Name of Character running the faction: Ghazaros Karabakh
Your Discord # : deadly_fox8711
Your SteamID: STEAM_0:1:57959186
Your Server playtime: 3w 4d 5h 52m
Do you acknowledge and agree to all faction rules as detailed on the server rules page? (Yes/No): Yes
Do you acknowledge that your faction discord will be owned by us? (Yes/No): Yes
Provide an example of the unique Roleplay your faction will bring to the server/what type of roleplay we can expect from your faction (Images/Videos Preferred):
Provide examples or event ideas to promote activity within your faction and keep people interested. (Reference your unique RP from the question above): What we plan on doing to provide activity within our faction is religious events such as church events and on special days we want to make boxing events, important meetings and give money to our employees to recruit other people within our faction. And we also look forward to funding crew deals that will keep our employees interested. We can also do comedy nights that we plan on doing and talent shows so people win prizes for their skills and talent.
Organization Backstory (Min. of 250+ Words & any images):
The Start
The Karabakh Syndicate was formed during the early but significant 70’s during the Armenian waves of immigration which many went to the sunny and prosperous state of California, but many also went to New York City -The City of the Empire State Building- where dreams either go to flourish and blossom or die like roadkill.
The Karabakh Syndicate was led by key figures such as Ghazaros Karabakh -The Don-, Adam Bernard -Consigliere- and last but not least Ivan Victor - The Boss -. These key men after facing hardship in the gritty streets of NYC’s neighborhoods, were facing the challenge of finding work and trying to get past the socio-economic hardship and discrimination placed on them and due this made them seek solidarity and protection in their humble community.
In NYC particularly in the neighborhood of Suburbia their influence grew as they welcomed more and more Armenian immigrants and also defectors of the diminishing Soviet Union like Ivan Victor a former KGB Senior. Offering these immigrants financial and stability support to get them started for their new lives in the big apple but also setting the stage for the syndicates rise to power.
Initial Activities
As the Karabakh Syndicate increased so was the need for an increase of revenue due to this the Syndicate took up small illegal jobs such as loan sharking, small scale extortion on small vulnerable businesses and protection rackets for Armenian business owners to keep their community safe. But as time went along so was the demand for more and more and more money due to this large-scale operations such as money laundering, import export operations to smuggle Eastern European weapons over to supply gang warfare and Armenian protection. But as the crackdown of the late 70’s came then came the need for legal fronts such as boxing events, restaurants and firearm shops.
Cultural Ties
The Karabakh Syndicate network extends beyond its criminal enterprise and has strong ties to being Orthodox Christian and providing insight into Christianity and their way of life to outsiders to spread the word of God in hopes of improving the less fortunate of New York City from hosting crowdfunding events and charitable events. But as they were a criminal organization this was used to launder illicit funds to clean money to ensure the syndicates money was clean and usable by the key figures of the syndicate. The syndicate also hoped to open an Orthodox Church to use the ability to launder even more money due to the legal loopholes in it.
Conclusion
The Karabakh Syndicate continues to operate and thrive today in 1988. In New York Southside. Expanding their legal ventures while they corrupt the integrity of the Department of Justice and law enforcement officers to protect their network. And with their army of lawyers who turn a blind eye to their wrongdoing for profit they somehow manage to narrowly evades the Justice system of our great nation which highlights the flaws of our nation
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