DA files four indictments against Beersheba crime syndicate
11/13/2012 03:56
The Southern District Attorney’s Office on Monday submitted four indictments in
the Beersheba District Court against 15 defendants, all of the same Beersheba
crime syndicate. The state said that in the coming days another indictment is
expected to be filed against a rival criminal organization that operated in
Eilat.
The large busts of the crime syndicates came about as a result of
joint efforts between police personnel fighting organized crime and a unit
investigating systematic financial crimes such as money laundering and tax
fraud.
Most of the case against the two crime syndicates was assembled by
one of the syndicate’s turncoat agents who had worked in both syndicates, but
turned state’s witness and remained undercover gathering evidence for some
time.