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Abergil crime ring

Police arrest a wanted Israeli fugitive, allegedly linked to the Abergil’s notorious crime syndicate, along with seven others at a house in Bryanston, South Africa, November 17, 2022. (South African Police Service)
November 17, 2022, 12:01 pm
Israel’s ‘most wanted man,’ a criminal ‘gang leader,’ nabbed in South Africa
Yaniv Ben Simon, Yitzhak Abergil’s right-hand man, arrested at home near Johannesburg in joint op with Interpol, local police, Israeli intel; arms, $40,000, 3 motorcycles seized
By Tobias Siegal
Illustrative: A handcuffed Yitzhak Abergil is led off a plane from the US by police and prison service officials (Israel Prison Service)
August 24, 2022, 9:26 am
Four years after fleeing to Morocco, Israeli fugitive arrested at Ben Gurion Airport
Golan Avitan, 54, was arrested in 2019 in a Casablanca synagogue, is suspected of involvement in a 2003 bombing that killed three bystanders
By ToI Staff
Yitzhak Abergil at the Tel Aviv District Court in Tel Aviv on February 5, 2017 (Flash90)
June 27, 2022, 9:37 am
State witness, a former member of notorious Abergil mob, found dead in South America
Previously a senior member of the crime syndicate, he testified about a number of murders; was living abroad as part of witness protection program
By ToI Staff
Meir Abergil of the Abergil crime family, seen in the District Court in Tel Aviv on July 18, 2018, (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 17, 2021, 8:50 pm
Top mobster granted parole from prison
Release comes as state prosecution says won’t appeal decision to grant freedom after 2.5 years behind bars to Meir Abergil, who ran crime ring along with brother
By ToI Staff
Yaakov Shimon seen during a court hearing in Jerusalem on May 03, 2012 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 19, 2017, 8:24 pm
Israeli mob boss extradited from Argentina, to face attempted murder charge
Suspect reported to be Yaakov Shimon, a member of the Abergil crime family and considered one of the most ruthless gangsters in Israel
By ToI Staff
Avner Harari seen at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court on February 23, 2017. (Flash90)
March 24, 2017, 4:11 pm
They wouldn’t play his songs, so hit man turned soul singer allegedly returned to old habits
Avner Harari charged for car bomb spree; alleged targets included singer Margalit Tzanani, because she would not play his music on her radio show
By Gavin Rabinowitz and Alexander Fulbright
Yaakov Shimon seen during a court hearing in Jerusalem on May 03, 2012 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 13, 2016, 10:27 am
Top Israeli mobster arrested in Argentina, awaits extradition
Yaakov Shimon, considered one of the most ruthless gangsters in Israel, is wanted on murder and drug charges
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of an Israel police car (Flash90)
August 2, 2016, 11:11 pm
Police nab ‘major’ crime boss in underworld murder case
9 arrested as cops investigate killings in which victims are invited to a ‘meeting’ and then executed
By ToI Staff
Nissim Alperon, in court in Tel Aviv, after being arrested as a suspect in the attempted murder of Felix Abutbul on May 25, 2015. (Flash90)
June 2, 2015, 2:32 pm
Mob boss freed after cops fail to pin 2002 killing on him
Release of Nissim Alperon is first amid ongoing gangland crackdown; police reveal failed 2003 hit that killed 3 bystanders was planned in Brussels parley
By Judah Ari Gross
Israeli crime boss Assi Abutbul (Yossi Ziliger, Flash 90)
May 26, 2015, 6:51 pm
Another mob kingpin slapped with murder charges
Assi Abutbul, who is in prison, suspected along with two others of two hits and two attempted assassinations
By ToI Staff
Yitzhak Abergil seen at the Magistrate's Court in Rishon Lezion on May 19, 2015. (Photo credit: Moti Kimchi/POOL)
May 21, 2015, 9:09 pm
Another kingpin arrested in mob shakeup
15 more arrests announced in ‘Case 512,’ considered the biggest crackdown on organized crime in Israel’s history
By ToI Staff
Yitzhak Abergil seen at the Magistrate's Court in Rishon Lezion on May 19, 2015. (Photo credit: Moti Kimchi/POOL)
May 20, 2015, 3:09 pm
Of big fish and West Bank bus-blunders
Mob boss Yitzhak Abergil is back behind bars and on front pages after the cops’ big underworld bust, and the Defense Ministry decides segregated buses is just what Israel needs right now
By Joshua Davidovich
Crime boss Yitzhak Abergil, seen in court on May 20, 2014. (photo credit: FLASH90)
May 20, 2014, 7:11 pm
Building developer accused of funding crime ring
Four suspects held, along with mob boss Yitzhak Abergil; police accuse company of money laundering, tax fraud
By Marissa Newman
Illustrative: A handcuffed Yitzhak Abergil is led off a plane from the US by police and prison service officials (Israel Prison Service)
January 30, 2014, 6:33 pm
Kingpin Yitzhak Abergil returns to Israel from US jail
Convicted crime lord to spend another 3 years in Israeli prison as part of 2012 plea bargain with US prosecutors
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Eliezer Berland participates in a mass prayer session at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, on January 25, 2012. (Uri Lenz/Flash90)
December 4, 2013, 6:49 am
Morocco, the new go-to place for Israeli fugitives
Several dozen Israelis with mafia ties, who have invested more than $20 million in North African kingdom’s economy, could threaten the well-being of country’s Jews
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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