New Anonymous Reporting Line Launched to Fight Protection Racketeering

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The "Ad Kan" organization, which operates against protection-money extortion, launched an anonymous reporting channel called "Kav Ad Kan." According to Israel Hayom, the channel's goal is to pass on information about threats and criminal activity while preserving anonymity. The initiative is also aimed at business owners and at those who are already paying protection money and seek to leave the cycle of extortion.

According to Maariv, the organization's founder, Yariv Ben Ami, said that the extortionists "know who pays, who is afraid, who saw and who heard, and they count on no one daring to speak." According to Channel 13 News, the protection-money extortion wave in the north continues to worsen, including arson of engineering equipment and vehicles along with sabotage of infrastructure. Ben Ami attacked the authorities and said that "the State of Israel is a completely failed corporation on this issue."