The State Prosecution filed an indictment Thursday against three men — Muhammad Daka (38, Tel Aviv), Ibrahim al-Sayed (43, al-Sayed), and Kayid Daka (36, Tel Aviv) — for protection racketeering, extortion, money laundering, fraud, and tax offenses. According to the indictment, between 2023–2026 the defendants operated a protection racket targeting contractors and construction companies in Tel Aviv's Pardes Daka neighborhood.
The State Prosecution filed an indictment on Thursday at the Tel Aviv District Court against three men linked to organized crime, charging them with operating a long-running protection racket in south Tel Aviv. The defendants — Muhammad Daka, Kayid Daka (both from Tel Aviv), and Ibrahim al-Sayed (from the Bedouin town of al-Sayed) — were charged with extortion, money laundering, tax offenses, and fraud. The indictment alleges that from 2023 through 2026, they systematically collected protection money from contractors and construction companies active in Tel Aviv's Pardes Daka neighborhood. The case relates to the Daka crime family, which has been the target of previous investigations by Lahav 433. As The Zioneer reported earlier this week, three senior Daka family members were arrested in a separate Lahav 433 probe into extortion and money laundering; today's indictment marks the first formal charges in that broader investigation. The prosecution has requested the defendants remain in custody until the end of proceedings. Further details on the scope of the alleged operation and the number of victim businesses have not yet been disclosed.
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