Robert I. Friedman
 Robert I. Friedman    (journalist) | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 29, 1950 |
| Died | July 2, 2002 (Age 51) |
Cause of death | "rare disease" |
| Nationality | US |
| Ethnicity | Jewish |
| Exposed | • Jewish Defense League • Russian mafia |
Journalist who exposed Jewish organized crime. Died of "rare disease" age 51. | |
Robert I. Friedman was an American investigative journalist who exposed Jewish organized crime. He died of a "rare disease" age 51.
Work
In 1993, Friedman castigated the FBI for ignoring information it had developed on the Muslim extremists behind the first bombing of the World Trade Center.[1] The report earned him a Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Award for Best Investigative Reporting in a Weekly.[1]
Friedman wrote about Meir Kahane and the Jewish Defense League (JDL), and the book Red Mafiya about the Russian mob and its entry into the U.S.[2] Friedman described the rise of Russian crime boss Vyachelsav Kirillovich Ivankov.[3]
Death
His reporting resulted in Friedman receiving death threats throughout his career. The FBI at one point informed him that Russian organized crime boss Semion Mogilevich had put a contract out on his life.[4]
Robert I. Friedman died on July 2, 2002, at the age of 51 as the result of a rare disease he contracted while in India working on a story about human trafficking and sexual slavery.[5]
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References
- ↑ a b http://www.villagevoice.com/2002-07-09/news/inconvenient-truth/full/
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220316201639/https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/robert-i-friedman/
- ↑ https://newrepublic.com/article/143586/trumps-russian-laundromat-trump-tower-luxury-high-rises-dirty-money-international-crime-syndicate
- ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1999/08/30/a-journalistic-breed-apart/dbf9c7ee-cec0-434a-ae91-096ff821fdd9/
- ↑ http://fij.org/robert-i-friedman-award/
