Likud: Russian-Israeli Organized Crime
The Latin American drug cartels are trained, armed, and funded by the Israeli and Russian Mafia States in conjunction with the Republican party.
Is Israel becoming a mafia state? | The Times of Israel
Meet the Jarushis, the crime family linked to Likud MK David Bitan | The Times of Israel
'Give him a chance': Likud ministers back ex-con running for Herzliya city council | The Times of Israel
Israeli Politicos May Be Linked to Suspect in Russian Mafia Case - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
WikiLeaks: U.S. Worried Israel Becoming 'The Promised Land' for Organized Crime - Haaretz Com - Haaretz.com
Israeli nabbed in Dubai drug bust was allegedly smuggling half a ton of cocaine | The Times of Israel
Mexico says it's identified organization behind killing of Israeli crime boss | The Times of Israel
Middleman Linked Colombian Gangs with Israeli, Japanese Mafia (insightcrime.org)
Who Is Israel’s Yair Klein and What Was He Doing in Colombia and Sierra Leone? | Democracy Now!
In 1989, Klein, along with several other former Israeli officers, was charged by authorities in Colombia of providing paramilitary training and arms to drug lords running international cocaine cartels. He is also accused of training Mafia assassins whose targets have included Colombian politicians. Klein is also suspected of involvement in the explosion of a Colombian airliner in November 1989…
He was allegedly one of four Israelis hired by the late drug trafficker Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha, one of the Medellin cartel’s most violent bosses. The evidence against him includes a training video that he used to instruct death squads in Colombia. The main leaders in the infamous Carlos Castano’s paramilitary groups were trained by Yair Klein. Massacres, assassinations of politicians and other terror tactics now used by paramilitaries in Colombia were part of the instruction that Yair Klein gave in his training camps.
Mexican Official, Alejandro Encinas, Victim of Pegasus Spyware Attack - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
'It's a free-for-all': how hi-tech spyware ends up in the hands of Mexico's cartels | Mexico | The Guardian
Michael Flynn Worked With Foreign Cyberweapons Group That Sold Spyware Used Against Political Dissidents | HuffPost Latest News
Operation Odessa: How a Russian Mobster Tried to Sell a Soviet Sub to Coke Smugglers | Miami New Times
The Good Life of Criminals Who Flee to Israel - Israel News - Haaretz.com
'Putin Involved in Drug Smuggling Ring', Says Ex-KGB Officer (newsweek.com)
Using Texts as Lures, Government Spyware Targets Mexican Journalists and Their Families - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Narcos' secret weapon is WhatsApp: it is difficult to tap (mexiconewsdaily.com)
Netanyahu Visits Silicon Valley, Whatsapp Founder (israelnationalnews.com)
WhatsApp’s reclusive founder has quietly become a megadonor to Jewish causes | The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle (timesofisrael.com)
WhatsApp founder pours millions into Israeli lobby, settler groups - Doha News | Qatar
Criminal Record: Vladimir Putin's relationship with the Russian mafia - Jane Hamilton - Daily Record
Israel Became Hub in International Organ Trade Over Past Decade - Israel News - Haaretz.com
NYT Finds 'Disproportionate Role' of Israelis in World Organ Trafficking - Haaretz Com - Haaretz.com
Kazakhstan holds doctor over Israel-linked organ harvesting scheme | The Times of Israel
Israeli behind organ trafficking ring is arrested – DW – 01/06/2018
The absolutely bravery of these Jewish human rights activists to speak out at risk of retaliation by the mafia. I wish American politicos had the balls of Israeli journalists to write the truth of Likud’s many crimes against humanity. Unfortunately, the biggest critics of the Latin American drug cartels are bought and paid for and actively working with the Israeli and Russian Mafia States.
Reminder: I criticize the Russian, Israeli, and American regimes and not the people who are victimized by their own governments. I hope this aggregation of research aids people in contacting their local representatives, so we can make a positive change.
-D.C.
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BBC NEWS | 1998 | How Russia's mafia is taking over Israel's underworld
Commander Meir Gilboa, chief of the Israeli Serious Crime Unit, has noticed the increasing activity of Russian gangsters. He says: "They come here because in Israel it's easy to carry out their illegal activities. "There is no law against money laundering or belonging to an illegal organisation. "It's easy for Jews to receive Israeli citizenship. If they are not Jews they are smart enough to forge documents in order to become citizens. They feel much safer here than in Russia."
Modern form of slavery
Many are controlled by Russian mobsters who recruit Eastern European women who then become trapped and subservient. Rita Rasnic, of the Israeli Women's Aid Centre, describes it as "modern day white slavery". Women are often traded between gangsters for £6,000 ($10,000) to £9,000 ($15,000) and routinely have their passports taken away by their pimps. Detective Toni Haddad of the Haifa vice squad says: "They are sold like slaves. "Nobody cares. I don't think it's life for them," as the prostitutes have to do whatever their bosses want. The woman are "not free to do anything."
BBC News | The rise and rise of the Russian mafia
Another favourite target is Israel. Many Russian gangsters claim to be of Jewish origin, in order to get an Israeli passport. The Russian mafia is said to have poured £2.5bn ($4bn) into the Israeli economy. Further afield the mafia is accused of running prostitution and gambling rings in Sri Lanka and of conniving with the Colombian drugs cartel. One Russian gang tried to sell their new-found Colombian friends a Soviet-era submarine which would have enabled them to smuggle drugs into the United States easier.
BBC NEWS | UK | Obituary: Alexander Litvinenko
Later he wrote Blowing up Russia: Terror from Within, in which he said that it was FSB agents and not Chechen rebels who carried out the apartment block bombings…
Perhaps most notably, he alleged that al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri was trained by the FSB in Dagestan in the years before the 9/11 attacks…
The Maturing of Israeli-Russian Relations | The Washington Institute
October 2016 will mark 25 years since Russia and Israel officially restored diplomatic relations after the Soviet Union severed them in 1967 following the Six Day War. New Israeli Ambassador to Russia Zvi Heifetz said in November 2015 that Russia and Israel plan to mark this anniversary "at the highest possible level," as reported by the Interfax news agency. For his part, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the same month, "We are satisfied with our constructive partnership with Israel. Relations between our states have reached a high level.",,
Indeed, Putin pursued improved ties with Israel since he came into office in March 2000 and the two countries have significantly improved ties on a number of fronts. Russian and Israeli officials hold meetings and telephone conversations on a regular basis and maintain multiple open channels of communication. The two countries have an agreement on visa-free tourist travel for their citizens. Israel is home to over a million immigrants from the former Soviet Union, which bolsters Russia's ties to Israel…
Putin has drawn parallels between Russia's and Israel's respective struggles against terrorism. Over the years, he has made this very comparison in meetings with many top Israeli officials. Ariel Sharon, a Russian speaker who formed a close personal bond with Putin, in November 2003 called the Russian leader "a true friend of Israel," as reported by TSG IntelBrief. Israel was among the few countries that did not criticize Putin over his actions in Chechnya.
Netanyahu and Putin to get direct and secure hotline (ynetnews.com)
"Russia feels very close to the Israeli leadership," says Tentzer. "The Russians want to speak to Israel without anyone eavesdropping – in particular the US."…
In the wake of the crisis with the West over Ukraine, Russia decided to strengthen its ties to other nations, including China, India and Israel. Jerusalem and Moscow have also drawn closer recently over regional security issues such as Syria and Iran.
Putin's Pro-Israel Policy :: Middle East Quarterly (meforum.org)
Sharon met Putin on the first day of a three-day visit in which he hopes to persuade Moscow to put pressure on Palestinian President Yasser Arafat to end violence in which more than 700 people have been killed, the majority of them Palestinians.
Sharon Wins Sympathy in Russia, but No New Peace Moves - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
''I told Putin,'' says the resolute Sharon, ''what I told Bush and Chirac and Blair: There is a different government now in Israel. We are doing what you would be doing in defending ourselves. We have been facing Arab and Muslim fundamentalist terror for 120 years, and we managed to bring millions of Jews here from a hundred countries, building a tremendous infrastructure -- while holding a sword in one hand.''
Book Review | 'McMafia,' by Misha Glenny - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Glenny is good on some connections of the gangsters without borders, like the Russia-Israel link. His account of how Israel was colonized by Russian organized crime is memorable, and his fleeting image of the unutterable squalor of Tel Aviv’s brothels, staffed by captive girls from the former Soviet Union and frequented by obese American teenage tourists, is unforgettable…
Glenny coins the term “McMafia” to describe the franchising system of Chechen organized crime, which makes sense, but the notion has nothing to do with the larger story. This is less about a new globalized criminality than the old one of interplay between criminal and political interests. Colombia, Afghanistan and the “war on drugs” might be good places to start telling it.
In 1999, as Foreign Minister, Ariel Sharon began to court more friendly relations with Russia as a result of the large-scale immigration of Russian-speakers to Israel: "The Russian vote will decide the outcome of the [Israeli] election".[19]
Relations between Israel and Russia were improved by Israeli opposition to the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia,[20] as well as Israeli support for IMF loans to Russia.[21] Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov subsequently said that if he was an Israeli, he would vote for incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the 1999 Israeli general election.[21]
The relationship between Israel and Russia substantially began to improve only in 2000, with the election of the more pro-Israel Vladimir Putin, and in 2001, with election of the more pro-Russian Ariel Sharon, who described Putin as "a true friend of Israel".[1]
In 2011, Putin said: "Israel is, in fact, a special state to us. It is practically a Russian-speaking country. Israel is one of the few foreign countries that can be called Russian-speaking. It's apparent that more than half of the population speaks Russian".[30] Putin additionally claimed that Israel could be considered part of the Russian cultural world, and contended that "songs which are considered to be national Israeli songs in Israel are in fact Russian national songs". He further stated that he regarded Russian-speaking Israeli citizens as his compatriots and part of the 'Russian world'.[31]