{"id":54635,"date":"2025-12-01T03:17:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T08:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/dozens-linked-to-abu-latif-hariri-crime-families-detained-in-undercover-op\/01\/12\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T03:17:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T08:17:58","slug":"dozens-linked-to-abu-latif-hariri-crime-families-detained-in-undercover-op","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/dozens-linked-to-abu-latif-hariri-crime-families-detained-in-undercover-op\/01\/12\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens linked to Abu Latif, Hariri crime families detained in undercover op."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The operation followed an investigation which aimed to combat both extortions and &#8220;protection money&#8221; paid to these crime families in northern Israel, police explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/tags\/crime\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Israel Police;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Israel Police<\/a> arrested dozens of people from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/crime-in-israel\/article-843872\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Abu Latif;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Abu Latif<\/a> and Hariri crime families in an operation with the Border Police, police said in a statement on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The operation followed an investigation which aimed to combat both extortions and &#8220;protection money&#8221; paid to these crime families in northern Israel, police explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/20-old-shot-dead-violent-011002454.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Police;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Police<\/a> targeted dozens of members from these families, including their homes, as well as locations in the West Bank.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The police statement explained that the operation was planned for more than a year, using undercover agents, under the leadership of the Northern District Command and the State Attorney&#8217;s Office economic department.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Israeli border police officers seen during an operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, February 23, 2025. (credit: CHAIM GOLDBERG\/FLASH90)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Hariri and Abu Latif crime families<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Both the Hariri and the Abu Latif families are among the most powerful and dangerous crime organizations in Israel. According to <em>Kan<\/em>, they are involved in public tenders, takeover of businesses, extortion, numerous incidents of violence, and shootings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">They are also suspected of being linked to a number of brutal murders of recent years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/crime-in-israel\/article-849034\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Back in February;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Back in February<\/a>, 38 members of the Abu Latif family were detained by the Israel Police, resulting in 24 indictments for allegedly using blackmail and extortion to obtain local government contracts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Several infamous members of the family were caught in the operation, including family head Suleiman Abu Latif and former chairman of soccer club Hapoel Ironi Arraba, Nissim Sah, who was sentenced to 14 years in prison for killing a police officer and injuring another in 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The investigation focused on the extortion and blackmail of local contractors to monopolize the market. The family also extorted local businesses for protection money.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Yuval Barnea contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/dozens-linked-abu-latif-hariri-072501987.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The operation followed an investigation which aimed to combat both extortions and &ldquo;protection money&rdquo; paid to these crime families in northern Israel,<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/dozens-linked-to-abu-latif-hariri-crime-families-detained-in-undercover-op\/01\/12\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/jerusalem_post_articles_818\/c241581eb29965b1afef72053dc51b27","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54635"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}