Editing Bucharest Butchers (section)

== Relations with the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen and downfall ==
During the 2010s, the Bucharest Butchers became dependent on the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen for resources, political protection, and protection from outside interference. Dealings maintained by Marku Ionuț increased that dependence.<ref name="andrei-downfall"/> Florin Ionuț used his political contacts inside Romania to interfere with investigations. Some senior members supported placing the organization under Tanoan authority, while Andrei opposed complete subordination and sought to keep the Bucharest Butchers separate. The Tanoan alliance supported Bucharest Butchers operations beyond Romania, but the organization increasingly relied on Tanoan protection and resources.

Internal coordination deteriorated during 2024. Marku planned to take control of the Bucharest Butchers with Stefan Shrankenhaus and Florin Ionuț, place it under the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen, and then merge the two structures. They expected the merger to provide greater political power, additional financial resources, and Tanoan armed support under the same command. Marku expected the combined structure to have enough coercive power to challenge the Romanian state.<ref name="marku-struggle"/> During the same period, Petru Ionuț withdrew from the central leadership, said he no longer wanted to participate in the organization's activities, and refused to surrender his California branch. The Bucharest leadership classified his withdrawal as disloyalty. Marku regarded the branch, which controlled money, protected properties, and transport routes that could serve as an escape network, as an obstacle to his takeover. Petru returned to Romania for the final time in March 2024 and rejected Marku's demand for his authority and assets. Marku later persuaded Iakob to kill him by promising greater authority and access to California revenue.<ref name="petru-final"/> Iakob killed Petru inside his Hollywood casino on 21 August 2024. The central leadership had already classified Petru's conduct as treason, and no organized opposition to the killing was recorded inside the Bucharest Butchers.

The Tanoa Einsatzgruppen ceased to exist on 30 November 2024, removing the protection, resources, and armed support required for Marku's plan. The Bucharest Butchers no longer had Tanoan support for its infrastructure or for maintaining control over its senior figures. During 2024 and early 2025, the Fish Collective attacked Bucharest Butchers infrastructure, killing senior members and forcing others to flee. On 1 May 2025, a Fish Collective member entered Marku's apartment complex in Bucharest and shot him, ending the central command of Porno Bucharest. Further attacks against the remaining leadership caused the Bucharest Butchers to collapse during May 2025.<ref name="marku-death"/> After the collapse, Dirlewanger left Romania under the false identity Octavian Dumitrescu using documents prepared through remaining Bucharest Butchers contacts. He travelled through Hungary and Austria before entering Germany and was killed during a capture operation near [[Oderbrück]] on 24 June 2025.<ref name="dirlewanger-death"/>