
How did the mafia trade violence for banking and business?
4.6 (13)
31 mins
Discover how Israel’s organized crime remade itself after Yaakov Alperin, trading loud violence for quiet, businesslike operations that span continents. Explore how families hid behind banks, lawyers, and legitimate companies to run drugs, money laundering, and online fraud while infiltrating politics and real estate.
Ep 1:
Paradise's Hidden Underworld
Beneath Tel Aviv's glittering surface lies a decades-old criminal empire born from poverty and neglect—meet the underground kings who ruled through fear until a car bomb shattered the myth.
Ep 2:
Dynasties, Dollars, and Blood Rivals
Meet the ruthless family dynasties who conquered Israel's underworld, exported their empire to Manhattan, dominated America's ecstasy trade, and forged a deadly alliance with the Russian Mafia.
Bradyn
Level 3 · 8 mo agoInbal blocked the police to save her dad? Typical.
Cornelius
Level 3 · 8 mo agoYou claim it's a hidden world but that's dead wrong. It's stupid easy to track their assets if you actually look at the real estate registry data.
Connor
Level 7 · 9 mo agodamn so they went from car bombs to running fake crypto sites in a call center basically just aggressive tech support trying to scam grandmas lmao