An indictment filed today by the Rishon LeZion police station reveals that organized crime groups pay 20,000 shekels per act for throwing fragmentation grenades, according to the police investigation.
The indictment, filed at the conclusion of an investigation by the Rishon LeZion station, exposes the payment structure used by criminal organizations to contract grenade attacks. The filing comes amid a series of grenade-throwing incidents linked to organized crime in Israeli cities. The Zioneer has previously reported on similar cases, including an indictment against a minor and a 19-year-old for a grenade attack in Ma'alot-Tarshiha in May, and a criminal grenade throwing in Ashdod in July. The scale of the organized crime economy was highlighted in a recent study that estimated the cost of crime and protection rackets at 23 billion shekels annually.
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