Yitzhak and Meir Abergil and three associates are wanted in the US on charges of criminal conspiracy and other crimes.
The last obstacle to the extradition of the organized crime bosses Yitzhak and Meir Abergil to the US was removed today, when the Supreme Court dismissed their appeal against the ruling by the Jerusalem District Court that they were extraditable. The Supreme Court also dismissed the appeal by the Abergil's associates Sasson Barashi, Moshe Melul, and Israel Ozipa.
The Abergil brothers and the other suspects were charged in the US under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (the RICO Act) with criminal conspiracy and other crimes.
The state charges that, in 2002, the Abergil crime family linked up with another criminal organization, the Jerusalem Gang, to launder in the US money originating from the embezzlement by Etty Alon at Trade Bank.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on December 6, 2010
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