In Tel Aviv revealed the scheme of money laundering and illegal casinos for 10 million shekels
The joint operation of the police and the tax service led to the arrest of suspects in extortion, money laundering and the organization of underground casinos, the amount of illegal proceeds exceeded 10 million shekels
The joint operation of the police and the tax service led to the arrest of suspects in extortion, money laundering and the organization of underground casinos, the amount of illegal proceeds exceeded 10 million shekels.
In early September 2026, the Tel Aviv County Central Police Unit, together with the IRS Investigation Department, conducted a large-scale operation to suppress the activities of an organized criminal group suspected of laundering more than 10 million shekels through a network of illegal casinos operating in Ramat Gan and Bnei Brak. The investigation lasted several months and included covert surveillance, searches and detentions, during which large amounts of cash were seized, professional gambling equipment and documentation proving illegal activity. Already on September 6, the main suspect, a resident of the central district of Israel aged about 30, was detained, and a week later, on September 14, police officers arrested two more defendants in the case - a married couple from Jaffa, also aged about 30 years. All three are suspected of long-term management of underground casinos, receiving from this activity multimillion-dollar income, as well as extortion with the use of threats and violence: in particular, one of the dealers was subjected to death threats and was forced under pain of reprisal to hand over 100,000 shekels to the attackers.
As part of the operation, police raided three illegal gambling establishments, detained players and dealers, and the district commander issued an order to immediately close all identified casinos. The investigation has gathered sufficient evidence for the Tel Aviv County Prosecutor's Office to file a prosecutor's declaration on September 24 and intends to file an indictment in the coming days with a motion to extend the arrest of all suspects until the end of the trial. According to the sources, these are serious charges, including money laundering, extortion with death threats, organizing illegal gambling and tax crimes.
In the coming weeks, the court is expected to consider the prosecutor’s request to hold the suspects in custody until the trial is completed, and the case itself could become one of the most high-profile examples of the fight against organized crime and illegal gambling in Israel in recent years.
