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Unprecedented Move

Crime Boss Hit With Administrative Order

Yossi Mosli, head of the Mosli crime family, faces house arrest, contact restrictions, and internet ban under rare measure previously used mainly against Jewish extremists

Yossi Mosli

Israeli police have taken the unusual step of issuing an administrative restriction order against Yossi Mosli, who heads the crime organization bearing his family name—marking the first time such measures have been deployed against a major organized crime figure.

The move comes amid a recent wave of spray grenade attacks targeting businesses and escalating violence between crime families, particularly within the Jewish sector. Police said the action is part of a broader offensive against organized crime networks.

According to a police statement, the Tel Aviv District Police, led by the Lahav 433 national crime unit, filed a request with the district court for a judicial restriction order through administrative proceedings against Mosli, identified as one of the leaders of the Mosli crime family.

The court ruled that pending a further hearing scheduled for Thursday, the order remains in full effect. Mosli must comply with multiple restrictions, including house arrest, a ban on contact with numerous individuals connected to the criminal underworld, prohibition from using the internet, a travel ban preventing him from leaving the country, and additional limitations specified in the order.

Police described this as "an important step in the fight against crime that joins extensive operations dealing with criminal elements."

Administrative orders are an exceptional and controversial tool used when authorities lack sufficient evidence to bring criminal charges through standard judicial proceedings. In recent years, these orders were increasingly employed against Jewish extremist youth in Judea and Samaria, known locally as "hilltop youth," by defense ministers and Central Command officers—a practice that Defense Minister Israel Katz recently ended.

The current case suggests that the Shin Bet security service, which has jurisdiction over security matters in Judea and Samaria, is now extending its involvement into criminal activity within Israel's pre-1967 borders (often referred to as the "Green Line"). The agency appears to be bringing methods previously used in the West Bank into sovereign Israeli territory, with police now seeking to restrict Mosli through this special order.

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