Israeli crime boss Meir Abergil released from prison
Abergil was sentenced by the Tel Aviv District Court in 2018 to five years in prison for a combination of conspiracy to commit a felony, drug offenses and economic crimes.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFFUpdated: JUNE 17, 2021 17:55Meir Abergil of the Abergil crime family, seen in the District Court in Tel Aviv on July 18, 2018, to hear his verdict as part of case 512.(photo credit: MIRIAM ALSTER/FLASH90)Meir Abergil, one of two brothers considered major players in the Israeli underworld for years, was released from prison Thursday after serving two and a half years.Abergil was sentenced by the Tel Aviv District Court in 2018 to five years in prison for a combination of conspiracy to commit a felony, drug offenses and economic crimes.He was released after the parole board accepted his second request to have his sentence shortened. The State Attorney announced Thursday that it would not appeal the decision of the parole board.Abergil was convicted in Case 512, which covered a global drug-trafficking, money-laundering and tax-evasion network run by the Abergil family when it was leading the Israeli underworld, primarily between 2002 to 2006.In July 2015, the Abergils and 18 other associates were indicted and arraigned by the Tel Aviv District Court for the massive crime spree.His brother, Yitzhak Abergil, is expected to be sentenced in the future to 30 years in prison for a range of murders and failed attempts on rival crime lord Ze’ev Rosenstein, including one in Tel Aviv in December 2003 that left three bystanders dead and dozens wounded.Yonah Jeremy Bob and Tobias Siegal contributed to this report.
