The "brain" of the crime world: the close-minded man who turned against him and became the strong criminal in the south

For years, Bnei Shlomo was considered a modern day Demerani peace, who controlled the Great Crime Organization in the Lowlands, until one day he decided to set out on his own. Since then, the war of control in Ashdod and Ashkelon has turned the area into a fight scene and the police have been following the "offenders' computer" - until he was arrested. profile

The "brain" of the crime world: the close-minded man who turned against him and became the strong criminal in the south

In the crime world, Shlomo is called "the brain", and in the police he is considered by researchers to be "brilliant" and "the computer of criminals." On Friday, it was allowed for publicity that Solomon was arrested last week, along with 36 other suspected tax offenses. Among other things, he is suspected of establishing a system of distributing fictitious tax invoices totaling about NIS half a billion. He will be arraigned today (Sunday) for further hearing on extending his arrest.

Since the incarceration of the head of the crime organization that ruled the Lachish area and considered his rival, Demerani peace, Solomon has been considered the strongest man in the south. However, Solomon started his journey precisely with the person in front of him, who waged a war. For years, his right hand was the man closest to him. The Lachish chief (central unit) said at the time that he was a member of the organization's finance and business.

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"The Computer of Offenders." Solomon in court, this week

Beersheba District Court decided to arrest Bnei Shlomo, who was arrested on suspicion of involvement in an assassination attempt in Ashkelon. January 2020 (Photo: Untitled)

More than a decade ago, Shlomo decided to leave Demerani and set out on his own as a head of a crime organization. Then the war of Ashkelon and Ashdod began, which included assassination and assassination attempts that made the Lachish space a battle scene. Shlomo managed to pass on many of Domerani's soldiers and seniors, who did not see the defection with a beautiful eye. In 2015 Shalom Shlomo, the brother of the offender, was murdered at the door of his house in Moshav Tlamim. The brother, who had saved himself from several assassination attempts, tried to respond, and the Democratic associates were on target.

For the past decade, while Demerani has been sitting behind bars, Solomon has been able to establish his status as the strong crime man in the South. His organization increased its power, taking over its competitors' sources of income and trying to make many of the businesses legal. In the current case during which he was arrested, "The Horizon Line", investigators for Lakhish have followed for months and were amazed at the sophistication - how one man managed to manage an array of hundreds of millions of shekels under which dozens of people fulfill his instructions.

Dozens of suspects and millions of shekels: Police arrested the head of the Bnei Shlomo crime organization

Did not see the defection with a beautiful eye. Democratic (Photo: Benny Ben Simon)

Hello Demerani, Beer Sheva District Court, October 29, 2015 (Photo: Benny Ben Simon, Walla System! NEWS)

Solomon's name recently made headlines after being arrested on suspicion of involvement in an assassination attempt in Ashkelon, and released after the court ruled that police did not provide evidence of his arrest and that the arrest warrant was issued two days before the incident itself. "This is an order issued before the explosion and it was appropriate to check whether the arrest warrant was issued for this incident or for another incident," the court ruled. Now with the arrest of Solomon and Demneri, a vacuum remains in the Lachish crime world.

Wave of arrests this week as part of the "Horizon Line" case (Photo: Police spokeswoman)

Wave of arrests as part of investigation of "Horizon Case" case, January 17, 2020 (Photo: Police spokeswoman, official website)