Editing Oskar Dirlewanger (section)

=== 1990s ===
After the Romanian Revolution of 1989, Dirlewanger moved the Bucharest Butchers into the post-communist criminal economy. On 12 February 1992, he approved the conversion of older safe houses and storage sites into front businesses. The properties gave the organization a legal surface while older Butchers members continued to use them for meetings and money movement.

From 1990 onward, Dumitru Ionuț brought Petru directly into the criminal environment of the Bucharest Butchers. By 1994, Petru was being used for errands and observation tasks. By 1996, he was trusted with money movement and collection work. Dirlewanger allowed this because the younger Ionuț members were growing inside a structure already controlled by Dumitru.

On 19 May 1999, Dirlewanger authorized [[Emil Mătăsăreanu]] to build a Bucharest Butchers-linked structure in [[Los Angeles]]. Emil’s work created the first lasting Butchers foothold in [[North America]]. The Los Angeles structure remained semi-autonomous during its early years, but it gave Dirlewanger a channel outside Romania that later became important under [[Andrei Ionuț]].