Israel's Biggest Mafia boss: Yitzhak Abergil (Excerpt from full episode on the Israeli Mafias)

Car bombs, shoulder-fired missiles, grenades and hits across 5 continents; the Israeli mafias that rose up in the 90's and fought each other for control of gambling and drug rackets for the following decades are among the vicious and sophisticated in the world. At one point, they controlled 80% of the world's global ecstasy trade and partnered with street gangs in Los Angeles to distribute. The Alperons, Abergils, Rosenteins, and Abutbuls had no problem going after judges, politicians and cops. And when they weren't busy killing each other over bottle recycling rackets in Israel, they established global networks of drugs and gambling across Europe, Asia, and America. Danny is joined by Israeli crime reporter Ben Hartman in this episode. SUBSCRIBE TO THE PATREON FOR BONUS EPISODES, SCRIPTS AND SOURCE LIST:   / theunderworldpodcast   LIKE AND COMMENT! MERCH: https://shop.podcastone.com/collectio... BONUS EPISODES PATREON:   / theunderworldpodcast   TWITTER:   / underworld_pod   INSTAGRAM:   / theunderworldpodcast   Subscribe to the Podcast to get episodes early: Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5h1ezGf... Underworld is a podcast about organized crime around the world, by reporters Danny Gold and Sean Williams. From Balkan warlords to Brooklyn wiseguys, we’ll expose the barely-visible networks that affect everyone’s lives. Bringing our experience hunting some of the world’s most dangerous people, we’ll show how gangs fought to the top of their food chains - and how some got cut down to size.