Robert I. Friedman

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Person.png Robert I. Friedman  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(journalist)
BornNovember 29, 1950
DiedJuly 2, 2002 (Age 51)
Cause of death
"rare disease"
NationalityUS
EthnicityJewish
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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