Israeli organized crime

Israeli youths being inducted into criminal organizations at increasing rate - report

"For an expensive night at a club and a hotel stay with all the luxuries, there are boys today who will be willing to cooperate and do whatever is required of them," one figure said.

AUGUST 24, 2026|ByTZVI JASPER

(FILE PHOTO) Israel Police at an Ashdod crime scene, June 21, 2026.

Caucasian mafia head Yanis Yushayev killed in shooting at Caesarea gas station

Video footage of the incident showed Yushayev leaving a restaurant at the gas station before the suspected killer approached him from behind and shot him at close range in the head.

AUGUST 23, 2026|ByALON HACHMON

Israeli crime boss Yossi Mosli arrives for a court hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Tel Aviv, August 11, 2022

In unusual legal measure, Israeli crime boss Yossi Mosli placed under house arrest without charges

The intelligence-based measure is the first reported use of the 2024 law against a Jewish crime organization.

AUGUST 13, 2026|BySARAH BEN-NUN

A view of a Japanika restaurant branch owned by businessman Barak Abramov that was damaged in a shooting in Herzliya, central Israel, July 14, 2026.

Tel Aviv police arrest two in connection to arson attack targeting Japanika branch in Givatayim

On Tuesday, at the conclusion of the investigation, prosecutors' declarations were filed against the two suspects ahead of indictments on the offenses attributed to them.

AUGUST 13, 2026|ByHODAYA RAN, ESTHER DAVIS

Police not doing enough to combat surge in violent crime - Israeli Arabs

The Israel Police are not doing enough to combat violent crime in the Arab sector, Arab Israelis said on Sunday after four more people were killed in the past 48 hours.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH

A demonstrator holds a sign reading "their pain is the responsibility of all of us," as Jewish and Arab Israelis protest in Tel Aviv against police inaction, the surging crime and violence in Arab communities on March 13, 2021.

Police take down leading gang with help of undercover agent

Israel Police took down a gang with the help of a prominent member they had recruited.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

30-year-old known criminal shot in Tel Aviv in suspected assassination

Izzat Hamed was the head of a criminal organization in Jaffa and was reportedly known to the police as someone involved in extortion and bribery-related crimes.

JULY 18, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF