Israeli police's Ayalon District cracked the Chinese mafia's wall of silence in recent weeks, raiding two major casinos in Tel Aviv, according to a detailed report. During the first raid in southeast Tel Aviv, officers seized gambling equipment and tens of thousands of shekels in cash, arresting three Chinese nationals, two of whom were illegal residents. Days later, a larger downtown raid uncovered over a million shekels in cash and a loaded Glock pistol believed to protect against robbers; eight Chinese workers were arrested, six of them illegal residents transferred for deportation.
The Ayalon District of the Israel Police, operating under the Tel Aviv District, has exposed a Chinese organized crime network operating underground in Israel, according to a detailed report published by reports on Friday. The network, composed primarily of illegal residents, ran a series of hidden casinos, offered predatory loans, and extorted Chinese construction workers.
Police intelligence work over several weeks led to two major raids. The first, carried out by the Sharet station in a southeast Tel Aviv apartment (address 1238 Street), yielded gambling equipment, tens of thousands of shekels in cash, and the arrest of three Chinese nationals — two of whom were illegal residents, transferred to the Population and Immigration Authority for deportation proceedings. Days later, the Tel Aviv South station raided a much larger casino in another apartment in southern Tel Aviv, seizing over one million shekels in cash and a loaded Glock pistol with a magazine, suspected of being kept for protection against robbery. Eight Chinese workers were arrested at the scene; six, classified as illegal residents, were transferred to the immigration department.
The report describes the organization as highly sophisticated, operating luxury vehicles, living in high‑rise towers in sought‑after areas, and speaking fluent Hebrew, while running an underground network behind a facade of successful businessmen. The cases are ongoing, with deportations in process for the arrested illegal residents.
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