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| By: Associated Press |
| Published: November 30, 2005 |
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Israel's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Israel can extradite suspected mob boss Zeev Rosenstein to the United States on drug smuggling charges.
A lower court ruled in April that Rosenstein could be extradited, but he appealed the ruling.
Israeli police, acting on an international arrest warrant, arrested Rosenstein a year ago for allegedly smuggling drugs from the European Union to the United States, including an attempt to export 700,000 Ecstasy tablets to New York. The investigation leading to Rosenstein's arrest spanned three years and several countries.
Rosenstein, 51, has long been accused of being one of Israel's top mob leaders, but aside from a brief stint in prison for armed robbery in the 1970s, he had eluded authorities.
In December 2003, a bomb attack targeted Rosenstein - the seventh attempt on his life - leaving him with scratches while killing three passers-by and wounding 18 others in Tel Aviv. The attack was believed to have been ordered by rival mob bosses, police said. |
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