The Israeli mafia refers to organized crime groups operating in Israel or consisting of Israeli members. There are 16 crime families, including six Jewish and three Arab families, involved in activities such as gambling, car theft, prostitution, human trafficking, money laundering, murder, extortion, loan sharking, and drug dealing. Major groups include the Abergils, Abutbuls, Alperons, Dumranis, Shirazis, Amir Molnar, and Zeev Rosenstein syndicates. The groups have penetrated the formal economy and local governments, and a mob war in the early 2000s resulted in several bosses killed.
CRIMENET has extracted 11 linkages for this organization, including 9 cooperative ties across 4 organizations, 2 conflicts across 2 organizations and footprints in 2 countries.
The Israeli mafia killed Israeli citizens in broad daylight at a restaurant in a shopping mall in Mexico City on July 24, 2019.
Israeli crime organizations such as the Abergil crime family and Zeev Rosenstein were heavily involved in ecstasy trafficking in the United States.