allegations that in 2013 torshin was directing a money laundering operation for the russian mob. spanish police tell us they were ready to arrest torshin the second he stepped off a plane. they had teams here at the airport and the prosecutors were on standby around the clock for days. torshin never showed. the commander says the case was closed. we hope that he come here but in the end, he don t come here, so reporter: torshin did not comment on our invitation to comment. he s a brilliant man but he s not a mobster. i ve never heard a bad word about him. reporter: the russians are experts at finding common
for russia. reporter: former cia officer daniel hoffman spent five years in moscow and muc of his intelligence career studying h russians operate. they devote a tremendous amount of resources to understanding us, what makes our political system work, where the interest groups are located and then in certain situations seeking to influence as well. they are looking for information and joint interests so we re not adverse to each other. reporter: do you ever suspect at all that there s more to torshin than a great friend and public servant. do i suspect that? well, you know, i don t live with him, so i couldn t tell you everything about senator torshin. reporter: in fact, he knows that he was a wanted man in spain. spanish judicial sources say they were investigating