Editing Bucharest Butchers (section)

== Leadership under Oskar Dirlewanger ==
Following the Second World War, Oskar Dirlewanger relocated to Romania and used his claimed descent from Grozav's German line to challenge [[Ilie Ionuț]], the final head of the restored House. Dirlewanger murdered Ilie in Bucharest on 16 June 1945 and assumed leadership two days later.<ref name="dirlewanger-takeover"/> He then carried out the [[1945 Ionuț purge]] with [[Hermann Florstedt]] and [[Amon Göth]], killing members who rejected the new command system. The purge ended on 27 June and destroyed the restored House, while members who accepted Dirlewanger remained in the Butchers. Florstedt brought the surviving crews under direct command, and on 17 September 1948 he and Dirlewanger completed the first post-war reorganization. Money and enforcement were placed under separate control, Dirlewanger led the reorganized Bucharest Butchers, and Florstedt held authority immediately below him.<ref name="dirlewanger-takeover"/>

Dirlewanger rebuilt the organization during the 1950s around planned robberies, freight diversion, stored reserves, and corrupt state contacts. On 4 January 1950, he summoned [[Teodor Ionuț]] and [[Sandu Ionuț]] to a disused cold-storage building near [[Obor Market]], placing stored money under Teodor and approved robberies under Sandu.<ref name="dirlewanger-1950s"/> Sandu and six armed Butchers stopped a wage transport on [[Calea Rahovei]] on 19 April before it reached a state construction depot. The stolen money was taken to a basement property on Strada Traian controlled by Teodor. Dirlewanger used part of it to buy trucks through contacts in [[Ploiești]], while the remainder became the organization's first central cash reserve.<ref name="dirlewanger-1950s"/> In 1951, [[Grigore Ionuț]] used railway contacts at București Triaj to remove freight from official delivery records and redirect it to Butchers storage lines. After the Romanian monetary reform of January 1952, Dirlewanger ordered Teodor to move loose cash into gold and other assets. Teodor's ledger valued the reserve at approximately US$410,000 by 30 June 1952, enough to pay armed members regularly and maintain operations between major robberies.<ref name="dirlewanger-1950s"/>

A monthly bribery system began on 9 September 1953. Officials in Bucharest and [[Ilfov County]] received payments for inspection warnings or false reports after missing-goods complaints, and by the end of 1954 the organization received advance notice of most searches affecting stolen freight.<ref name="dirlewanger-1950s"/> Dirlewanger created a permanent command council on 28 May 1956 in the same cold-storage building near Obor Market. Teodor controlled money, Sandu controlled armed crews, and Grigore controlled rail freight. [[Mihail Ionuț]] joined as a junior warehouse administrator under Grigore and kept storage ledgers between Butchers properties.<ref name="dirlewanger-1950s"/> During the 1960s, Dirlewanger extended the same system into property and transport. He ordered Grigore to extend transport protection from Bucharest into Ploiești on 12 March 1961. Teodor bought six Bucharest apartments through false ownership papers on 4 October 1964, and Dirlewanger used them as cash rooms and meeting sites. A separate account for payments to police and municipal officials was created on 29 May 1968, after which those payments were handled as a permanent part of the organization's administration.<ref name="dirlewanger-1960s"/>

The [[Tudor family]] entered the organization in 1970. Dirlewanger formalized the role of [[Runner (Bucharest Butchers)|Curier]] on 12 September for drivers responsible for firearms deliveries,<ref name="runner-history"/> then admitted the Tudor family at a meeting near Obor Market on 14 September. [[Dumitru Tudor]] placed his trafficking network under Bucharest Butchers command, with money routed through a Bucharest cash room before Tudor handlers received their share.<ref name="dirlewanger-1970s"/> Dirlewanger later approved holding sites in Bucharest and transport routes connected to [[Giurgiu]]. A separate ledger for trafficking income was introduced in 1978. Teodor recorded the money apart from older robbery funds, while Dumitru remained responsible for collecting payments from the houses. By the end of that year, the Tudor branch was one of the organization's most reliable sources of income.<ref name="dirlewanger-1970s"/>

Dirlewanger refused direct cooperation with the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen during the 1980s. He rejected a proposal delivered through a Rotterdam contact on 9 March 1980 and a second approach through a European contact linked to the Tanoan regional command on 17 October 1981. He also barred Bucharest Butchers members from accepting Tanoan protection or passing information to Tanoan intermediaries without his approval.<ref name="dirlewanger-1980s"/> Dirlewanger relied on [[Dumitru Ionuț]] to counter Tanoan influence. Dumitru controlled gambling rooms, debt collection sites, safe apartments, and enforcement crews in eastern Bucharest, and Dirlewanger promoted him to senior commander on 3 November 1987. [[Florin Ionuț]] copied property notes and inspection schedules from municipal offices through his lower-level administrative work, which Dirlewanger used to protect apartments controlled by Dumitru.<ref name="dirlewanger-1980s"/> After the Romanian Revolution of 1989, Dirlewanger shifted the organization into the post-communist criminal economy. Older safe houses and storage sites were converted into front businesses on 12 February 1992 while continuing to serve as meeting places and locations for money movement.<ref name="dirlewanger-1990s"/> Dirlewanger authorized [[Emil Mătăsăreanu]] on 19 May 1999 to establish a Bucharest Butchers-linked structure in [[Los Angeles]]. The branch conducted organized robberies, supported members operating in the United States, and became the organization's first lasting foothold in [[North America]]. Mătăsăreanu worked with [[Larry Phillips Jr.]] to obtain properties and operational contacts, although Phillips was never formally admitted into the Bucharest Butchers. The branch remained semi-autonomous under Mătăsăreanu until 2013.<ref name="dirlewanger-1990s"/><ref name="petru-california"/>

Between 2002 and 2005, Dirlewanger ordered three operations to test [[Emil Ionuț]], [[Petru Ionuț]], and [[Iakob Ionuț]] as planners. Emil planned the first test after receiving the order on 16 December 2002. On 23 December, the three carried out the [[2002 Bucharest bank robbery]] at the Unirii Central Branch of [[Banca Dâmbovița]], stealing Romanian and foreign currency assessed at 180 billion old Romanian lei. Iakob opened fire on the first police patrol to reach the branch and severely wounded both officers, although nobody was killed. Dirlewanger retained 60% of the stolen value and divided the remaining 40% equally among Emil, Petru, and Iakob.<ref name="bucharest-bank-robbery"/> Petru planned the [[2004 Brașov armored car robbery]] on 20 December 2004. The three men used a false road-maintenance work zone on the DN1/E68 between [[Ghimbav]] and [[Brașov]] to stop a Banca Dâmbovița armored vehicle and steal 40 billion old Romanian lei without injuries. Dirlewanger again kept 60% and divided the rest equally, but criticized Petru because the operation caused no bloodshed.<ref name="brasov-armored-car"/> Iakob planned the third test at Banca Dâmbovița's regional cash-processing centre on Strada Depoului in Ploiești on 30 June 2005. The [[2005 Ploiești shootout]] was intended to obtain 30 million new Romanian lei, but the crew escaped with 6 million after a prolonged exchange of fire with security guards and police. Ten people were killed and ten were wounded, including Petru and Emil. The robbers escaped separately and regrouped near [[Brazi]]. Dirlewanger considered Iakob's planning a failure because the crew obtained only one-fifth of the intended amount and nearly lost Emil, although he approved of Iakob's conduct during the shooting and retained the entire 6 million lei.<ref name="ploiesti-shootout"/> Police Chief Commissioner [[Lucian Mureșan]] interfered with investigations into all three operations by removing or restricting evidence and preventing investigators from connecting the crew to Bucharest Butchers properties.<ref name="bucharest-bank-robbery"/><ref name="brasov-armored-car"/><ref name="ploiesti-shootout"/>

During the later 2000s, Dirlewanger placed [[Snubable Enterprise]] under Bucharest Butchers control. On 7 April 2007, he approved Bucharest Butchers control over Snubable's protection and transport structure, placing its underground work within the same infrastructure used for Bucharest Butchers safe houses and protected movement around Bucharest. He approved protection for the factory site between [[Balotești]] and [[Moara Vlăsiei]] on 18 August 2007.<ref name="dirlewanger-2000s"/> [[Marku Ionuț]] founded [[Porno Bucharest]] on 14 March 2008, and Dirlewanger formally approved it on 12 November as an internal revenue and blackmail structure. Its later use of Snubable-linked protection channels increased Marku's authority inside the organization.<ref name="dirlewanger-2000s"/>