Israeli organized crime

Haifa drug lab busted as police crack down on networks flooding the market with illegal substances

During the operation, officers located an apartment suspected of being used for drug cultivation. A search of the premises led to the seizure of cannabis with a total weight of about seven kilograms.

Israel Police at an Ashdod crime scene, June 21, 2026.
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Fatal shooting near Acre follows reported threats around major crime case

Chief of Police Daniel Levi at the scene of a shooting incident in Ramla, central Israel, May 11, 2026.

High school student's killer accepts plea deal, sentenced to 25 years in prison

 An illustrative image of an Israel Police officer.

Two men indicted in Tel Aviv for illegal firearms, carjacking tools possession


Israeli crime boss Yossi Mosley arrested in Ben-Gurion Airport

Mosley is suspected of the murder of Avihai Vaknin, who was killed in February 2017, and of the attempted murders of the criminals Itzik Cohen and Yankal'e Amsalem.

 Israeli Underworld Kingpin Yossi Musli arrives for a court hearing at the Magistrate's Court in Tel Aviv on August 11, 2022

Alleged crime boss Shali Azoulay released from Polish prison on bail

Azoulay, 40, was arrested in October 2020 in Amsterdam, as he was wanted in Poland on suspicion of drug dealing. He faces up to 12 years in prison if convicted.

 Extradition of Shalom-Lior "Shali" Azoulay to Poland in May 2021.

21 suspects arrested for money laundering in country-wide police raid

A covert investigation that had been ongoing for months ended on Monday morning after a number of police and Tax Authority investigative units raided dozens of businesses.

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Mafia boss Shumi Isakov, son, killed in shooting in Israel's North

Isakov had survived a previous attempt on his life in 2004, when unidentified assailants opened fire on him, his younger brother and another individual.

 SCENE OF THE SHOOTING OF MAFIA BOSS SHUMI IZAKOV IN KIRYAT MOTZKIN

'Arab cities are run by gangs, and the police don't care'

Sada suspects that some police officers may work in cahoots with crime lords. "Whenever we call the police, they come only after the criminals have had enough time to clean their tracks."

 Protesters clash with Israeli police forces after a shop was demolished by Israeli authorities in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan, on June 29, 2021.

Police not doing enough to combat surge in violent crime - Israeli Arabs

The Israel Police are not doing enough to combat violent crime in the Arab sector, Arab Israelis said on Sunday after four more people were killed in the past 48 hours.

A demonstrator holds a sign reading "their pain is the responsibility of all of us," as Jewish and Arab Israelis protest in Tel Aviv against police inaction, the surging crime and violence in Arab communities  on March 13, 2021.

Police take down leading gang with help of undercover agent

Israel Police took down a gang with the help of a prominent member they had recruited.

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30-year-old known criminal shot in Tel Aviv in suspected assassination

Izzat Hamed was the head of a criminal organization in Jaffa and was reportedly known to the police as someone involved in extortion and bribery-related crimes.

The scene in Jaffa where Izzat Hamed was killed on Saturday evening, July 18, 2021

Netanyahu meets with Arab-Israeli authorities to discuss lowering crime

"I want special forces, task forces," Netanyahu suggested, after indicating that the crime wave would likely spread to Jewish localities soon.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits a Clalit healthcare center in the Arab town Tira.

Israeli mobsters to be extradited from Morocco to Israel

The prosecution is expected to demand that Avitan receive three life sentences.

Jail (illustrative)