News in Brief
Police have list of 70 trafficking
suspects, hearing told
By Gideon Alon
Ha Aretz - Wednesday, February 18, 2004 (Shvat 26,
5764)
Testifying yesterday at a parliamentary committee hearing
that addresses trafficking in women, the head of the police intelligence
department, Major General Ilan Franco, said police have compiled a list of
70 trafficking suspects, and are tracing their financial activities in order
to expose the economic base of organized crime. Calling 2003 "a peak year
for organized crime in Israel," Franco said there are some 50 major crime
organizations at large. Attorney Yehuda Shefer, who has been active in efforts
to crack down on money laundering, said at the hearing that illegal black-market
activity has a volume of some $3 billion a year in Israel. (Gideon Alon)
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