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The "Money Maze" Affair: Serious Indictment Against Former Nazareth Mayor Ali Salam and the Heads of the Bakri Crime Organization

Summary by Maariv Online
The central police unit has completed the investigation into the serious corruption case in the Nazareth Municipality, which focused on the mechanism for spending public funds from the Nazareth Municipality to the criminal organization. Indictments will be filed against 14 defendants.
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Today (Thursday), the State Prosecutor's Office, through the Northern District Attorney's Office, filed two indictments to the Nazareth District Court against the former mayor of Nazareth, Ali Salam, and the head of the criminal organization Samir Bakri, and a number of other defendants, for systematic theft from the treasury of Nazareth municipality during 2015—2025, using a security company as a cover and fraudulent funneling of public funds, …

The investigation into the "Money Maze" affair has come to an end, and today an indictment was filed against Ali Salam and the head of the mafia crime organization Samir Bakri. The two are accused of taking over the municipality and stealing tens of millions of shekels, which led to the collapse of the city and a garbage crisis that endangers residents.

The Central Unit in the Northern District recently announced (Thursday) that it will file an indictment in the Money Labyrinth affair. The indictment will be filed under the "Law on Combating Criminal Organizations" against the leaders of the criminal organization Bakri, the former mayor of Nazareth and others. It should be noted that the investigation was conducted by the Central Unit (YAMR) of the Northern District together with the Haifa Inco…

The central police unit has completed the investigation into the serious corruption case in the Nazareth Municipality, which focused on the mechanism for spending public funds from the Nazareth Municipality to the criminal organization. Indictments will be filed against 14 defendants.

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Maariv Online broke the news in Israel on Thursday, February 26, 2026.
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