South Africa Arrests Israeli Fugitive Pursuant to Interpol Red Notice

On November 17, Interpol South Africa announced the arrest of Israeli fugitive Yaniv Ben Simon and seven others in a pre-dawn raid in Bryanston, Johannesburg.  The raid was carried out by South African law enforcement and was made pursuant to a 2015 Interpol Red Notice issued by Israel for Simon’s suspected role in a 2003 car bombing in Tel Aviv, a separate attack in 2004, and large-scale drug smuggling operations in conjunction with the Abergil crime family, an Israeli organized crime group.   South African authorities are also investigating Simon’s potential involvement in the murder of at least 12 South Africans.