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As I was scanning the morning news feeds I stumbled upon this story.  An Israeli mob kingpin getting assassinated grabbed my attention.  I continued reading and all seemed like a fairly standard narrative, car bomb, ancillary victims, etc. etc.  Until the reporter mentioned one of the hot business for Israeli organized crime to get involved in: recycling.  Who would have thought?

Not to make light of the situation, extortion, and a man’s death, but this is definitely thinking outside the box by criminal organizations.

Alperon had many enemies, including convicted drug lord Ze’ev Rosenstein – who himself has survived at least seven assassination attempts – and the rival Abutbul and Abergil families, with whom the Alperons battled over a lucrative bottle recycling racket.

Bottle recycling adds up to a $5 million-a-year industry, according to estimates by police and environmental groups. Police say criminals sell restaurants protection in exchange for empties, which leave no paper trail and offer crime families a relatively legitimate source of income.

Mobster Yaakov Alperon assassinated | Israel | Jerusalem Post