Notable Members
- Abergil Crime Family - Top criminal organization in Israel, involved mostly in drug trafficking and illegal gambling.
- Asi Abutbul - Head of the Abutbul Crime Family, got 13 years in prison for running a criminal organization, extortion, and money laundering.
- Yaakov Alperon - Head of the Alperon Crime Family, until his car bombing assassination on November 17, 2008.
- Ludwig Fainberg - He was a crime figure in America with connections to the Medellin Cartel and the Russian Mafia, until he got busted. He lives in Israel now.
- Semion Mogilevich - A Russian crime figure operating worldwide, said to be the most powerful crime figure in the world, he allegedly runs human trafficking, prostitution and other criminal operations in Israel and other countries, and allegedly launders a lot of his money in Israel.
- Zeev Rosenstein - He used to be the top crime figure in Tel-Aviv, until he was caught. He was heavily involved in drug trafficking, mostly ecstasy, and allegedly ran other criminal operations as well.
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