A new Israel Police report says there are many Russian-speaking organized-crime groups in Israel. The organizations, comprised of immigrants from the former Soviet Union, operate independently of each other, limit their contacts with the native Israeli crime world and operate under a well-defined hierarchy, the report said.
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