Vladimir Petrovski comes from Odessa by way of Brighton Beach. In his late teens when his family emigrated from the Soviet Union to New York, he quickly fell into an easy life of crime, starting off with cons and working his way up (or down, depending on your perspective) to more violent and lucrative endeavours.
Twenty years ago he left the cold, harsh New York winters for Florida. Through a vicious campaign of “hostile takeovers” he has become the reigning leader in South Florida when it comes to money laundering, prostitution and distributing with very broad channel any illicit drug you may want.
At his side, travelling with his family to New York, and with him to Florida, is George Sajok, a knife man so vicious potential victims have been known to commit suicide rather than face him. George is his stick. When there are obstacles in Vlad’s path, George cuts them down to a manageable size.
Vlad is part of the gathering at La Loggia hosted by Rico (we’ll get to him next week), and is not at all in favour of Rico’s proposal. What he does after that meeting drives the actions of the police, the FBI and others in his crime fraternity.
In one of the hottest Novembers in South Florida history.
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