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Russian Criminal Tattoo Eight-pointed stars on the clavicles denote a high-ranking thief. A bow tie on the neck was often forcibly applied to pickpockets who had broken the thieves’ code and sided with the authorities. The dollar sign on the bow tie shows that this man is either a safe-cracker or money launderer. Small Tattoo Letter, Russ Tattoo, Samoa Tattoo, Bow Tie Tattoo, Russian Prison Tattoos, Haida Tattoo, Unusual Suspects, Police File, Tattoo Symbolism

From the 1960s to 1980s, Arkady Bronnikov visited correctional facilities all over the Soviet Union and photographed thousands of tattooed inmates to decode their body art – and helped solve many crimes by identifying criminals based on their ink. Here, you can learn what roses, snakes and cowboys really mean ...

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