{"id":593724,"date":"2026-08-23T18:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T18:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/593724\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T18:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T18:14:08","slug":"organized-crime-boss-killed-in-gas-station-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/593724\/","title":{"rendered":"Organized crime boss killed in gas station shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yanis Yushayev, the head of the Caucasian mafia, was shot dead outside of a gas station in Caesarea<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Video footage of the incident showed Yushayev leaving a restaurant at the gas station before the suspected killer approached him from behind and shot him at close range in the head.<\/p>\n

Yushayev collapsed and was taken to the hospital in critical condition, where he was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n

A large number of Coastal District police<\/a> officers were dispatched to the scene to collect evidence and begin an investigation into the killing.<\/p>\n

A helicopter was also launched as part of the search for the suspected killer, who has not yet been identified.<\/p>\n

According to police and crime figures in the Hadera and Or Akiva areas, over the years, Yushayev developed a network of connections with several prominent figures in the local criminal world<\/a>, primarily Patrick Krasnopolsky, described as his confidant and “right-hand man,” and Osher Shmilov.<\/p>\n

Yushayev and Krasnopolsky were arrested in June 2025 on suspicion of involvement in shooting and throwing grenades<\/a> at businesses in Or Akiva, but they were both released without charge.<\/p>\n

In March 2026, Krasnopolsky and Shmilov were arrested on suspicion of attempting to assassinate a rival criminal.<\/p>\n

According to police assessments, Yushayev was believed to have had a significant alliance with Eli and Matan Arbiv, who are believed to have controlled organized crime operations in the Hadera area. The police estimated that the parties operated as a joint criminal group in Hadera, Or Akiva, Caesarea, and parts of the Sharon region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yanis Yushayev, the head of the Caucasian mafia, was shot dead outside of a gas station in Caesarea…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[227882,737,85,46,1158,121902,168009,44331,43,102,4032],"class_list":["post-593724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-caesarea","tag-crime","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-israel-police","tag-israeli-organized-crime","tag-mafia","tag-murder","tag-news","tag-police","tag-shooting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}