Protection Money
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Refusal to pay protection money leads to double murder in the north | Documentation: How the main suspect was caught
Two months after the murder of Saada Saada and Marwan Abu Shahin in the Golan Heights, indictments are being filed against the hit squad. The investigation revealed premeditation, including renting a cabin for the ambush. The main suspect was apprehended in Yarka after a shootout with police and an attempt to flee on a stolen motorcycle.
More than 50 bullets: Pharmacy closed after owner refuses protection money
A few weeks after fire was opened at his business, Awad Zbidat from Sakhnin received demands for payment of more than 200,000 shekels. He did not surrender to the extortion, but customers were afraid to come: "I worked day and night to build a future for myself and my wife."
Collected protection money and threatened: "If you don't pay - we will burn the place down"
An indictment was filed against Abu Ja'afar, a resident of Be'er Sheva, and Abu Assa, a resident of Tel Sheva, after they collected protection money from a kiosk. According to the investigation, after the employee paid the protection money several times, he said he had no money - and in response, the two started a violent confrontation and threatened him with a knife.
An undercover agent brought down an extortion network in the south: this is how the method worked
A severe indictment was filed against two brothers suspected of running a protection money collection system from business owners in the Be'er Sheva industrial zone. The police investigation revealed extortion under threats of hundreds of thousands of shekels.