>>511359512### **Abdel-Kader Crime Family**
- **Base**: Tayibe (Arab town)
- **Activities**: Extortion, weapons trafficking, and fraud. Known for cooperation with Jewish crime families.
### **Jarushi Crime Family**
- **Base**: Ramla
- **Status**: One of the most powerful Arab crime families in Israel. Involved in drug trafficking, money laundering, and political intimidation.
### **Qarajah Crime Family**
- **Base**: Formerly Ramla, now Harish
- **History**: Engaged in a deadly feud with the Jarushis in the 1990s, resulting in 24 deaths. Relocated by the government to prevent further bloodshed.
### **Abu Latif Crime Family**
- **Origin**: Druze
- **Base**: Rameh (Northern Israel)
- **Profile**: Dominated northern extortion and blackmail rackets for over two decades. In 2025, 38 members were indicted for terrorizing local governments.
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## Other Known Groups and Networks
While not officially listed among the 16 families, several other groups operate in niche sectors or maintain low profiles:
- **Melikhov Clan** (Georgian Jewish): Active in Antwerp and Vienna, involved in counterfeiting and drug trafficking.
- **Molner Network**: Suspected of cybercrime and cryptocurrency laundering.
- **Russian-Israeli Cells**: Linked to Semion Mogilevich’s empire, laundering billions through Israeli banks in the 1990s–2000s.
- **Popular Forces (Gaza)**: A newly armed militia backed by Israel, led by Yasser Abu Shabab. Though not a traditional mafia, it operates with criminal and paramilitary tactics.
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## Criminal Activities Across Syndicates
| Activity | Common Among Groups |
|------------------------|---------------------|
| Drug trafficking | Abergil, Rosenstein, Abutbul, Jarushi |
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