Members of a Russian crime syndicate charged with stealing 10,000 pounds of chocolate

Chloe Pantazi/INSIDER Thirty-three suspected members of an organized Russian crime syndicate were arrested on suspicion of various crimes, including robbery, murder-for-hire conspiracy, firearms offenses -- and stealing 10,000 pounds of chocolate confections. "Today, we have charged 33 members and associates of a Russian organized crime syndicate allegedly engaging a panoply of crimes around the country," said Acting Manhattan US Attorney Joon Kim in statement released Wednesday. "The dizzying a...