More Wikileaks disclosures
Published:Thursday | December 2, 2010 | 8:28 AM
New disclosures of classified material by Wikileaks show that a senior Spanish prosecutor told the US Embassy in Madrid that Russia, Belarus and Chechnya had become virtual mafia states.
A cable also questions whether Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is implicated in the Russian mafia.
Another reveals that a powerful Ukrainian businessman told US officials he had ties to Russian organised crime.
The documents are among hundreds being released by the whistle-blower website.
Wikileaks has so far posted only 505 of the 251,287 messages it says it has obtained.
The US has condemned the disclosures as an attack on the world community.