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Asi Abutbul

Asi Abutbul is an Israeli who headed a criminal organization and was convicted in 2009 of running it, among other offenses.

born 1975Heading the Abutbul crime organization2009 organized crime convictionAbutbul crime family

Asi Abutbul was born in 1975

Asi Abutbul was born in 1975. His father, Felix Abutbul, founded and led the Abutbul crime family until he was murdered in 2002. While his father built illegal gambling businesses in Europe, Asi built the family's ties in Israel and formed alliances against rival groups.

After his father's murder, there were attempts on his life, including a bomb planted in 2004 at a casino in Prague. In 2016 rival Rico Shirazi was convicted over the Prague attempt. In 2008 Abutbul was convicted over a weapons deal and sentenced to 18 months in prison.

In 2009 a district court convicted him of running a criminal organization, extortion, arson and other offenses, and sentenced him to 13 years in prison. He was acquitted of 10 other charges. In 2011 the Supreme Court accepted the state's appeal and set the sentence at 18 years.

In July 2011 his brother François Abutbul was shot dead. In 2017 he was charged with the 1999 murder of Arthur Rosen and with conspiring in 2008 to murder his lawyer Yoram Hakham. He is married to Karin.