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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 425

Yitzhak Abergil

Yitzhak Abergil, convicted of murdering 3 bystanders during an attempted assassination of a rival, receives his sentence at the Tel Aviv District Court, June 28, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
June 28, 2022, 12:41 pm
Mob kingpin given 3 life sentences for murdering bystanders in failed hit
Judges also order Yitzhak Abergil to pay NIS 1.5 million in compensation to victims of ‘cruel’ 2003 bombing in Tel Aviv, which they say was ‘no different from a terror attack’
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
Screen capture from video of Yitzhak Abergil, center, entering a courtroom at the Tel Aviv District Court, November 16, 2021. (Ynet)
November 16, 2021, 1:50 pm
Court convicts mob kingpin of murdering 3 bystanders in failed hit
Yitzhak Abergil deemed responsible for deaths in 2003 bombing that targeted rival; judges find he was head of international crime organization that funded itself with drug trade
By ToI Staff
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
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 19, 2015, 11:26 am
Top kingpin among suspects in major organized crime bust
Yitzhak Abergil suspected in attempted hit on underworld rival Zeev Rosenstein that killed three bystanders in Tel Aviv in 2003
By Stuart Winer
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
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