Nik Radev

Nikolai "The Russian" Radev (29 January 1959 – 15 April 2003) was a Bulgarian refugee who became known as a career criminal in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. During his life he was jailed for assault, blackmail, threats to kill, extortion, firearm offences, armed robbery and drug charges. According to police he was an enforcer for the Melbourne head of the Russian mafia, robbing drug dealers. Radev was shot and killed in Queen St Coburg on 15 April 2003 in a series of similar events that are commonly referred to as the Melbourne gangland killings. He was shot seven times in the head and chest in front of his bodyguard after he stood out from his black Mercedes Benz CLK 500 convertible. A third person in Nic Radev's entourage was...