Amber Mafia

The Amber Mafia is the criminal network in north-west Ukraine composed of those who illegally dig up amber on government land and smuggle it out for sale on the black market with the aid of armed gangs and corrupt politicians.

300 officers searched 123 homes in 2016 for amber.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy in 2019 requested three organizations (the SBI, Security Service and National Police) to deliver reports on the clandestine amber operation.