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Underworld

A gallery of Israeli mafia hangouts

by
Antonin Kratochvil
July 30, 2009
Ramat Gan(Antonin Kratochvil)
Ramat Gan(Antonin Kratochvil)

In 2006, Douglas Century traveled to Israel with photographer Antonin Kratochvil, to report on the country’s shifting organized crime scene. Guided by a former mob insider named Ilan, they were shown Tel Aviv’s alleyways and side streets, its seedy clubs and the back rooms—all the often-invisible places where the mob goes about its business. The photos below are snapshots from their visit to Israel’s underworld.

PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF ANTONIN KRATOCHVIL