Police unveil an organized crime investigation implicating dozens of suspects across several continents, after a court partially lifts a gag order on the proceedings of the probe.
Police chief Insp. Gen. Yohanan Danino says the affair, known in police offices as “Case 512,” is “one of the most significant investigations ever conducted by the police against crime organizations.”
In the case, officers are examining allegations of murder, controlled substance trafficking and other violent offenses conducted by more than 50 suspects allegedly at the behest of mob bosses.
This morning, detectives from the Anti-Fraud Unit 433 and the Unit for the Investigation of Serious and International Crimes raided dozens of homes across the country, seizing vehicles, assets and bank accounts which will be impounded.
Police says it will seek to extend the remand of some of the suspects at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court tomorrow morning.
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