Dramatic arrest: A 64-year-old mayor from Rameh was arrested Tuesday morning, following an undercover investigation, on suspicion of involvement in collecting money in extortion incidents involving threats by his relatives, members of a criminal organization from the north, collecting extortion money and on suspicion of committing money laundering offenses.
The investigation revealed that the victims, business owners from the north, were blackmailed by threats by members of the criminal organization, and as part of arbitration proceedings conducted by the suspect, he received the extortion money from the victims for the organization. The investigation also revealed that the head of the council served as a long arm of the criminal organization and in his capacity as head of the council.
He was arrested after an undercover investigation. Illustration, Photo: Joshua Yosef
The investigation was conducted in cooperation with the Israel Money Laundering and Terror Financing Prohibition Authority and accompanied by the Northern District Attorney's Office. This morning, as mentioned, the investigation became open with the arrest of the head of the council, and another arrest of the head of the crime organization Marama. In addition, other suspects involved in the criminal organization were arrested and detained for interrogation.
The suspects were brought to the unit's offices at the end of the investigation and, in accordance with its findings, will be brought to the Rishon LeZion Magistrate's Court for a hearing on extending their detention.
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