Real Life Mob Wars in Tel Aviv

by Eric on November 18, 2008

Mob boss Yaakov Alperon was killed in a car bomb assassination in Tel Aviv. Sounds like something out of the Godfather, right?

Tel Aviv police are out in force now protecting the funeral of the mobster. Israel has serious mafia problems. This is largely related to prostitute trafficking from the former Soviet Union to Israel and other parts of the world. Not a Kosher industry by any standard.

A special police unit, known as Unit 443, has 1,000 dedicated officers working to fight organized crime in Israel.

About the author

Eric Eric is the founder and editor of IsraelSituation.com. He has been to Israel many times including a semester at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the former president of the Israel advocacy group at the University of Colorado and teaches about Israel and the Media at a local religious school.

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