Israel: A promised land for organized crime ? (WIKILEAKS cable)

[The Lawspeaker]

ISRAEL: A PROMISED LAND FOR ORGANIZED CRIME? (http://wikileaks.org/cable/2009/05/09TELAVIV1098.html#)


¶1. (SBU) Organized crime (OC) has longstanding roots in Israel, but
in recent years there has been a sharp increase in the reach and
impact of OC networks. In seeking a competitive advantage in such
lucrative trades as narcotics and prostitution, Israeli crime groups
have demonstrated their ability and willingness to engage in violent
attacks on each other with little regard for innocent bystanders.
The Israeli National Police (INP) and the courts have engaged in a
vigorous campaign against organized crime leaders, including the
creation of a new specialized anti-OC unit, but they remain unable
to cope with the full scope of the problem. Organized crime in
Israel now has global reach, with direct impact inside the United
States. Post is currently utilizing all available tools to deny
Israeli OC figures access to the United States in order to prevent
them from furthering their criminal activities on U.S. soil. End
Summary.


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Thank you, Edgard (http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1002776&postcount=151) and sturmwalkure (http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1002815&postcount=152).

[The Lawspeaker]

¶9. (SBU) Israeli OC now plays a significant role in the global drug
trade, providing both a local consumer market and an important
transit point to Europe and the United States. In 2004, Zeev
Rosenstein was arrested in Israel for possession of 700,000 ecstasy
tablets in his New York apartment, destined for distribution in the
U.S. market. He was ultimately extradited to the United States in
2006, where he is currently serving a 12-year prison sentence. Two
other crime figures, Meir Abergil and Israel Ozifa, are also facing
U.S. extradition charges on charges that include smuggling 100,000
ecstasy tablets into the United States.


¶6. (SBU) Traditional OC activities in Israel include illegal
neighborhood casinos, prostitution rings, extortion, and loan
sharking, with each family controlling a different geographic
region. The Alperon family, for instance, dominates the Sharon
region, while the Abutbul operation is based in the coastal city of
Netanya. The focus is largely on easy money guaranteed by the
limited use of violence. Criminal involvement in the recycling
business, for example, has been well covered in the press. OC


¶10. (SBU) The prostitution business has also grown beyond the
neighborhood brothel. In March 2009, the INP arrested twelve
suspects in what is believed to be the largest Israeli-led human
trafficking network unearthed to date. Ring leader Rami Saban and
his associates were charged with smuggling thousands of women from
the former Soviet Union and forcing them to work as prostitutes in
Israel, Cyprus, Belgium, and Great Britain. Some women were flown
to Egypt and smuggled across the Sinai border by Bedouins.

[Linet]

What i am not sure is if Israel is the 51th state of USA that helps with the interests at the middle east area or if USA is the satelite of Israel....yet i think i would go with the second choise :chin:

[Contra Mundum]

What i am not sure is if Israel is the 51th state of USA that helps with the interests at the middle east area or if USA is the satelite of Israel....yet i think i would go with the second choise :chin:

The latter most certainly. Israel does not help American interests at all, it harms it.

[Bobcat Fraser]

Many of you know that Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel were two of the founding fathers of *the* American Mob, along with Lucky Luciano. They helped form the national crime syndicate, more powerful than the Mafia. Jewish gangsters were major players in the past. Now, the Russians might be the top dogs here.

[Contra Mundum]

Many in the Russian mafia are Jews.

[Bobcat Fraser]

Many in the Russian mafia are Jews.

This is true. They indeed are. The Russian Mob is a mix of Gentiles and Jews. Blame it for most of the sexual slavery rings in the world.