Everyone in Odessa knows it. Why haven't the foreign men who come here looking for love and romance figured it out yet? The following article give a pretty good picture of what goes on in Odessa. Pay close attention to the line: "Saakashvili has likened Odessa, known for its exquisite theaters and museums but also for its organized crime, to Chicago at the time of Al Capone."
The single biggest source of hard foreign currency for the Mafia here is the money foreign men donate to the marriage agencies where they can find an honest woman.
Kudos to those of you who found a good Ukrainian woman years ago. It ain't likely to happen any more!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/saakashvili-steps-down-head-corruption-111637815.h