Police: Increase in investigations into protection rackets, sexual assault
There was an increase in solved extortion cases and suspects arrested compared to the same period last year, Israeli police said.
Chief of Police Kobi Shabtai and Head of Jerusalem police district Doron Turgeman National Security Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on February 22, 2023.(photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)ByMICHAEL STARR