Another mob boss arrested in massive case

Police announce that another kingpin has been arrested in the massive, ongoing underworld bust that has been dominating headlines in Israel for the past week.

The man is among 15 new arrestees in the case, and joins such heavyweights as the fearsome boss Yitzhak Abergil, who is already in prison for drug offenses carried out in the US.

The newly arrested suspects, who aren’t immediately named, are allegedly behind the murder of a senior Israeli criminal in Germany and two other attempted murders, also abroad.

They are also suspected in a string of drug offenses and acts of violence.

The multi-year investigation, dubbed “Case 512” and described as one of the largest underworld busts in the history of the country, encompasses some 40 individual investigations into crimes committed over the past 12 years by some 50 suspects, police said earlier this week.

On Sunday, over 50 suspects across Israel were apprehended in their homes and brought in for interrogation, with officers seizing vehicles, properties and bank accounts.

Israeli officials have vowed over recent years to step up operations against organized crime, amid a string of car bombings linked to the syndicates which have rocked Israeli cities.