Report: Police Crack Mafia Extortion Ring

Police have foiled a mafia group's attempt to extort 1.5 million euros from a British company, law enforcement officials said Friday.

"The extortionists were caught red-handed," a law enforcement source told RIA-Novosti, saying three men were arrested in the foyer of Moscow's Renaissance Hotel during the exchange of a payment order for the sum of 1 million euros.