In Tel Aviv, Israel Four Are Charged For Two Gangland Slayings
@import url(http://www.google.com/cse/api/branding.css); Custom Search Israeli authorities, in what they are calling a unique “topdown” case, focusing on those who plotted the killings rather than the actual trigger men, have charged reputed senior Abergil crime family member Moti Hassin and three … Continue reading
Reputed Israeli Mobster Meir Abergil Returns Home
Following his extradition by the US in January, alleged Tel Aviv organized crime figure Meir Abergil was released after agreeing to a plea bargain with the California district attorney. Abergil landed at Ben-Gurion Airport on Thursday as a free man. … Continue reading
Tip Of The Iceberg In Israel?
Israeli pop singer Margalit Tznaani was arrested last week with several suspected members of the Amir Mulner crime family for their alleged roles in extorting tens of thousands of shekels from her agent. Her arrest and alleged connections with convicted … Continue reading
Pop Star In Israel Arrested For Mob-Linked Extortion
Israeli pop singer Margalit Tznaani has been arrested with several suspected members of the Amir Mulner crime family for their alleged roles in extorting tens of thousands of shekels from her agent. According to the police’s suspicions, Tzanani, who is … Continue reading
Alleged Israeli Mob Boss Abutbul Murdered
Francois Abutbul, alleged to be one of Israel’s top organized crime bosses, was gunned down overnight by unknown assailants, Israeli police said on Sunday. Abutbul and his bodyguard pulled into a gas station in Netanya, Israel north of Tel Aviv … Continue reading
Israel Releases 1977 Mafia Hearing Transcripts
In 1977 former state prosecutor Erwin Shimron headed an Israeli government commission to investigate the extent to which organized crime pervaded the Holy Land, and testimony from the closed-door inquiry now has been released. Although five years earlier "another committee … Continue reading
5 Reputed Members of Israeli Crime Family Arraigned
Five people reputedly involved in one of Israel’s most powerful organized crime families appeared in federal court in Los Angeles on Thursday to face drug trafficking and racketeering charges. Itzhak and Meir Abergil, along with three other defendants, pleaded not … Continue reading
Israel Begins Process of Handing Organized Crime Suspects Over to US
Suspected organized crime figures Meir and Yitzhak Abergil were to be handed over to the United States on Wednesday, more than two years after the first request for their extradition. If convicted and sentenced to jail, however, under terms of … Continue reading
State Department Shows Concern For Israeli Organized Crime
State Department cables by WikiLeaks reveals concern about the increasing power of organized crime in Israel and its export to the United States. Ambassador Cunningham's cable confirms that Israeli organized crime has "gained a foothold in America" given "the volume … Continue reading
Mobsters Threaten Israel
David Cohen, Israel's Police Inspector-General says that organized crime is a strategic threat to the country. "Serious and organized crime is a strategic threat against Israeli society. The organized and serious crime, combined with the decline in familiarity with legal … Continue reading
