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Old May 8th, 2012 #17
littlefieldjohn
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Default Israeli crime boss pleads guilty to drug charges in L.A. court

LOS ANGELES (JTA) -- Reputed Israeli crime boss Itzhak Abergil pleaded guilty in a Los Angeles federal court to participating in a large-scale Ecstasy distribution ring.

The members of the ring killed an accomplice in Sherman Oaks, Calif., nine years ago.

Attorney Mark Werksman told The Associated Press that as part of Monday's plea agreement, Abergil, 43, will serve a 10-year prison term. Sentencing is set for May 21.


Israeli courts rarely agree to extradite their nationals. In this case, Israeli and U.S. officials agreed that if the defendants are found guilty, they would not receive the death penalty and would serve any sentences in Israeli prisons.The Los Angeles Police Department has been concerned with Israeli crime in the city since the 1970s.

“Israeli crime here tends to be quite sophisticated and hard to track,” Capt. Greg Hall, commander of the department’s Major Crimes Division, told the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles in an interview prior to the hearing.

http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012...es-in-la-court