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U.S. Describes Israeli Man As One Of World's Top Drug Traffickers
    #5382736 - 03/09/06 07:42 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

U.S. Describes Israeli Man As One Of World's Top Drug Traffickers
March 7, 2006 - nbc6.net

Reputed Mob Boss Extradited To U.S.

MIAMI -- A reputed Israeli mob boss extradited to the United States to face drug charges is one of the world's top illegal drug traffickers with a network that spanned four continents, U.S. officials said after the suspect made his first appearance in a federal court.

Zeev Rosenstein, 51, was responsible for distribution of more than 1 million Ecstasy pills in the United States between summer 1999 and November of 2001, U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta said. Rosenstein's organization is on the Drug Enforcement Administration's list of 44 top worldwide drug traffickers.

"The best way to keep our streets clean is really to prosecute these international criminal cartels," Acosta said at a news conference after Rosenstein's arrival in the United States. "The prosecution of these cases is one of our highest priorities."

Rosenstein, described by law enforcement authorities as one of Israel's leading organized crime figures, was flown to Miami on Monday from Israel to face U.S. charges of conspiracy to import and distribute Ecstasy. Israel's Supreme Court had cleared the way in November for the extradition of Rosenstein, who was arrested there more than a year ago.

If convicted, Rosenstein faces up to 20 years on each of the two counts in a grand jury indictment returned in 2004. Rosenstein did not enter a plea during a brief initial court appearance Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale, but his lawyer Howard Srebnick said his client would plead not guilty at another hearing set for March 28.

"He's maintaining his innocence and we are going to get ready for trial," said Srebnick, who described the government's case as dependent upon "snitches" who implicated Rosenstein in hopes of securing lenient prison sentences or favors.

Srebnick said Rosenstein wanted to send a message to Israelis in Hebrew that translates into English as: "This year a prisoner in Miami, next year a free man in Israel."

Acosta replied that prosecutors are "are confident in our evidence."

Prosecutors said they will ask a judge to order Rosenstein held without bail until trial because he is likely to attempt to flee and is a danger to the community. For now, Rosenstein is being held in a high-security floor of the main federal detention center in downtown Miami.

According to U.S. officials, Rosenstein's organization produced Ecstasy in Israel, shipped it to Europe and used Latin American smuggling networks to bring the drugs into the United States. He was allegedly one of the main financiers of the operation and put buyers and sellers together.

"Rosenstein has orchestrated the delivery of hundreds of thousands of Ecstasy tablets into American neighborhoods," DEA Administrator Karen Tandy said in a statement. "Today, we answer his crime with the consequence criminals fear most: extradition to the United States."

Ecstasy, also known as MDMA, is a synthetic drug considered part hallucinogen and part amphetamine. It typically induces feelings of euphoria, increased energy and sexual arousal. But it also suppresses appetite, thirst and the need to sleep, and in high doses can sharply increase body temperature, leading to kidney and heart failure, and death.

More than 700,000 Ecstasy pills were seized in July 2001 in a New York apartment after one of Rosenstein's alleged co-conspirators sold a sample to a confidential informant. The pills were found after New York police searched the apartment based on that informant's tip and also arrested two other Israelis who led authorities to Rosenstein.

Rosenstein, also known as "The Fat Man" according to U.S. court documents, has largely escaped prosecution for his alleged crimes in Israel. Other than a five-year stretch in Israeli prison for armed robbery in the 1970s, he has eluded capture for his purported drug trafficking and other illegal activities.

There have been at least seven attempts by others to kill Rosenstein, including a December 2003 bomb attack in Tel Aviv that killed three people and injured 18 others but left him unscathed.


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Re: U.S. Describes Israeli Man As One Of World's Top Drug Traffickers [Re: veggie]
    #5383250 - 03/09/06 10:09 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

only 1 million pills? that doesn't seem like that much in the grand scheme of things.


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Re: U.S. Describes Israeli Man As One Of World's Top Drug Traffickers [Re: veggie]
    #5386899 - 03/10/06 06:26 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

Quote:

veggie said:
"Today, we answer his crime with the consequence criminals fear most: extradition to the United States."




That's great.


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Re: U.S. Describes Israeli Man As One Of World's Top Drug Traffickers [Re: rawtoxic]
    #5399209 - 03/14/06 01:35 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

"Rosenstein has orchestrated the delivery of hundreds of thousands of Ecstasy tablets into American neighborhoods," DEA Administrator Karen Tandy said in a statement. "Today, we answer his crime with the consequence criminals fear most: extradition to the United States."

I like how she's proud that the entire planet fears our justice system.


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Re: U.S. Describes Israeli Man As One Of World's Top Drug Traffickers [Re: veggie]
    #5503317 - 04/11/06 12:22 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

$10 million bail set for reputed Israeli mobster
April 11, 2006 - CNN

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP) -- A federal judge set a $10 million bail Tuesday for an alleged Israeli organized crime figure described by U.S. authorities as one of the world's biggest distributors of Ecstasy.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Edwin Torres set the bail amount for Zeev Rosenstein over the objections of federal prosecutors, who said they were concerned that Rosenstein had ready access to huge assets and could readily flee the United States.

"I do know that Mr. Rosenstein has significant financial resources," said Ben Greenberg, the assistant U.S. attorney handling the case.

But Torres said he was concerned about allowing Rosenstein to be held without bail or even a detention hearing for such a lengthy time since his extradition from Israel in early March.

"I'm a little uncomfortable to continue a detention hearing for that long," Torres said.

The judge added that even if Rosenstein could make the $10 million bail he would hold another hearing to set other conditions before he is released.

Rosenstein, 51, is accused in a 2004 grand jury indictment with conspiring to distribute more than 1 million Ecstasy pills in the United States between summer 1999 and November 2001.

He has not yet entered a formal plea but his attorneys have said he will plead not guilty. An arraignment that would have included a formal plea was postponed until April 26.

Roy Black, who is representing Rosenstein, said he needs more time to prepare for the case, which includes translation of much evidence from Hebrew into English.

"It just takes a while to get things together and get up to speed," Black said.

Rosenstein was on the Drug Enforcement Administration's list of 44 top worldwide drug traffickers. He was arrested in Israel more than a year ago.

Rosenstein, who largely escaped prosecution for his alleged crimes in Israel for years, faces up to 20 years in prison on each of the two counts in his drug indictment.

Rosenstein's Ecstasy network allegedly spanned four continents and used Latin American smugglers to bring the drug into the United States.

Ecstasy, also known as MDMA, is a synthetic drug that typically induces euphoria, increased energy and sexual arousal.

But it also suppresses appetite, thirst and the need to sleep, and in high doses can cause several health problems and possibly death.


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Re: U.S. Describes Israeli Man As One Of World's Top Drug Traffickers [Re: veggie]
    #5532638 - 04/19/06 07:37 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

This is crap, huge smuggling networks, and still $15 a pill.


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Re: U.S. Describes Israeli Man As One Of World's Top Drug Traffickers [Re: shroommachine]
    #5540112 - 04/21/06 04:59 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

pretty badass network he had on payroll


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Re: U.S. Describes Israeli Man As One Of World's Top Drug Traffickers [Re: fresh313]
    #5540408 - 04/21/06 09:12 AM (17 years, 9 months ago)

The pills were found after New York police searched the apartment based on that informant's tip and also arrested two other Israelis who led authorities to Rosenstein.


AWWW man you know those Israeli guys are being anal raped by latin kings in prison rite now.

if not being slowly tortured to death.


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