Editing Richard Hoos (section)

== Themis ==
Hoos accepted the Themis structure on 2 April 1997 and began organising its British contacts from Bristol. He opened a British office in St Philip's Marsh on 5 May 1997 and moved it to a larger office near Temple Meads on 18 February 2001.

On 1 October 2004, Hoos became head of the British Themis department. His department handled debt recovery and private security contracts for British clients.

Hoos did business with [[Charlie Churchill]], a British drug trafficker tied to the [[Tanoa Einsatzgruppen]]. Their association began on 17 June 2009 and continued until 2014. Churchill was later tried by the [[London Tribunal]] after the fall of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen and the United Kingdom.

By 2013, Hoos's personal net worth was estimated at £18.6 million. The estimate came from property holdings in Bristol, cash reserves, and proceeds from Themis-linked debt contracts.

On 23 November 2007, an explosion damaged the parish council office in Bitton, South Gloucestershire. The building had recently rejected a security contract proposed through a Hoos-linked intermediary. Hoos was questioned on 5 December 2007 after a van connected to his department was reported near the building before the explosion.