''Thieves by Law'', or ''Ganavim Ba Hok'' is a 2010 documentary film charting the rise of

Russian organized crime Russian organized crime or Russian mafia (, ), otherwise known as Bratva (), is a collective of various organized crime elements originating in the former Soviet Union. The initialism OPG is Organized Criminal (''prestupnaya'' in Russian) Gr ...

in the wake of the fall of the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

. In the film several noted crime figures are interviewed, a number of which are currently wanted by

Interpol The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO; french: link=no, Organisation internationale de police criminelle), commonly known as Interpol ( , ), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and cri ...

.Doc "Thieves by Law" Steals Hurrahs at Tribeca
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* Israeli documentary films 2010 films German documentary films Documentary films about organized crime in Russia 2010s Russian-language films Hebrew-language films Thieves in law 2010 documentary films Works about the Russian Mafia 2010s German films {{2010s-documentary-film-stub