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Besa Mafia

website:besa_mafia

Darknet site presented as a murder-for-hire marketplace but operated as a scam and exposing users' messages through weak access controls.

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Direction Predicate Other entity Origin EP
outgoing OPERATED_BY Yura Explicit 156
outgoing ASSOCIATED_WITH darknet markets Explicit 156
outgoing ASSOCIATED_WITH Romania Uncertain 156
incoming USES Chris Monteiro Explicit 156
incoming USES Stephen Allwine Derived 156
incoming USES Ron Ilg Explicit 156

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Besa Mafia OPERATED_BY Yura

Jack identifies Yura as the administrator of Besa Mafia.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 156 Details

“The administrator of Besa Mafia — his name is Yura”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 8471–8521

Besa Mafia ASSOCIATED_WITH darknet markets

Besa Mafia is presented as functioning like a darknet market, with registration, escrow, messaging, and orders.

Explicit Confidence 96% · Chris Monteiro EP 156 Details

“It was just like a darknet market like Silk Road or something like that.”

Chris Monteiro · offsets 6115–6187

Chris Monteiro USES Besa Mafia

Chris registered on Besa Mafia, placed a test order, and investigated the site's functionality.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Chris Monteiro EP 156 Details

“I will register on the website and see how it works.”

Chris Monteiro · offsets 12275–12327

Stephen Allwine USES Besa Mafia

Stephen Allwine used Besa Mafia to arrange and pay for a hit against Amy Allwine.

Derived Confidence 96% · Jack Rhysider EP 156 Details

“it was her husband who paid to have her killed”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 21948–21994

“someone has paid them $12,000 to have you killed”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 21832–21880

Ron Ilg USES Besa Mafia

Ron Ilg paid Besa Mafia and used the site to arrange a multi-step plan involving his wife and another woman.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Chris Monteiro EP 156 Details

“he’s paying something upward of $50,000 for this”

Chris Monteiro · offsets 43686–43734

“The guy had literally already loaded in all the money for a whole series of things that had to happen to Jennifer”

Carl Miller · offsets 45141–45254

Besa Mafia ASSOCIATED_WITH Romania

The episode links Besa Mafia's operators or affiliates to Romania, but does not establish that Yura himself is Romanian.

Uncertain Confidence 82% · Chris Monteiro EP 156 Details

“There were a series of arrests in Romania which — of the site operators or at least people affiliated with them.”

Chris Monteiro · offsets 49274–49386

“continues to enrich Romanian scammers”