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Three arrested in suspected international trafficking network

The arrests followed a months-long investigation into suspected human trafficking, pimping, and causing women to leave another country for the purpose of prostitution, according to police.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Sex-trafficking (Illustrative).
Border Police found 162 kg of stolen avocados in a car in central Israel.

Border Police arrest suspect, seize 162 kg. of stolen avocados in central Israel farming community

After inspecting the vehicle, officers found a large quantity of avocados in the trunk that they suspected had been stolen. They also identified a suspect near the vehicle and detained him.

|ByHODAYA RAN
A view of a Japanika restaurant branch owned by businessman Barak Abramov that was damaged in a shooting in Herzliya, central Israel, July 14, 2026.

Tel Aviv police arrest two in connection to arson attack targeting Japanika branch in Givatayim

On Tuesday, at the conclusion of the investigation, prosecutors' declarations were filed against the two suspects ahead of indictments on the offenses attributed to them.

|ByHODAYA RAN, ESTHER DAVIS
Yair Golan highlights weapons seized during raids on Arab organized crime gangs, August 10, 2026.

Yair Golan unveils NIS 1b. plan to fight crime in Arab society

Golan said the fight against organized crime requires economic pressure, special courts, and efforts to cut off funding to criminal groups.

|ByELI ASHKENAZI

Right of silence

The truly innocent should have no fear to talk unreservedly

JANUARY 17, 2015ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Faina Kirschenbaum

Woman who stole NIS 300 million from bank she worked at wins early prison release

Eti Alon has already served 12 years of a 17 year sentence which the committee agreed to cut by 1/3; The state can appeal the ruling.

DECEMBER 28, 2014ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Eti Alon

Two bodies found burned in car near Ramle in suspected double murder

The vehicle belonged to a resident of the North who was known to police.

DECEMBER 25, 2014ByBEN HARTMAN
Burnt car in which two bodies were discovered near Ramle