An 18-and-a-half year old dual US-Israeli citizen from Ashkelon has been arrested on suspicion of standing behind most of a series of bomb and other threats to Jewish communities ranging from the US, Europe, Australia and New Zealand over the past six months.
A veteran diamond broker is suspected of stashing tens of millions of dollars in foreign bank accounts, after allegedly defrauding some of the most senior diamond industry figures in the country out of approximately $60 million, police said in court on Sunday.
The senior crime figure arrested on Tuesday in connection with a series of underworld assassinations is Motti Hassin.
In a bombshell speech, a senior Israel Police officer told a Knesset panel on Wednesday that Israeli crime kingpins are behind the binary options industry and that organized crime in the country has been massively enriched and strengthened as a result of law enforcement’s failure for many years to grasp the vastness of the problem.
Israel Police prevented the explosion of an explosive device under the car of soccer player Kobi Musa in Ramat Hasharon and arrested two suspects, who they also believe as belonging to a group of criminals who have planted bombs intended for other Israeli celebrities.
Police detained 14 suspects related to an undeclared income and assets scandal involving Chairman of Shas and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, along with his wife, Yaffa.
At least 12 binary options company owners and employees are under police investigation or have been referred to the state prosecutor with a recommendation for indictment.
The stabbing attack at Jerusalem’s gay pride parade on Thursday was the result of a failure by police intelligence. Jerusalem police admit that they knew Yishai Schlissel was released from prison in June after serving 10 years in Ma’asiyahu prison for a similar stabbing attack at the 2005 Jerusalem Gay Pride parade, where he wounded…
DetailsAccording to the Israel Police on Monday, officers from the Lahav 443 special investigations unit arrested 18 suspects on suspicion of operating a network of fraud operations against international companies.
Israeli police say they have caught a group of Israeli citizens, including French immigrants, suspected of tricking European companies into sending the group millions of euros in recent months.
