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Israel Police The Israel Police ( he, משטרת ישראל, ''Mišteret Yisra'el''; ar, شرطة إسرائيل, ''Shurtat Isrāʼīl'') is the civilian police force of Israel. As with most other police forces in the world, its duties include crime fightin ...

's Unit of International Crime Investigations ( he, יחב"ל, ''Yahbal'') is the international and organized crime department of the National Major Crime unit (

Lahav 433 Lahav 433 () is an Israeli crime-fighting umbrella organization within the Israel Police, created on January 1, 2008. Known as the "Israeli FBI", the unit is the merger of five law enforcement offices into one. It was established as an initiative ...

). The department was originally founded in 1978, after the 1977 investigation of worsening major crime trends in the Israeli society, by the Shimron Commission, since the commission's findings pointed at the existence of organized crime in the country. In the early days the department was focused solely on major crimes. In 1997, once there was a clear understanding of organized crime being a strategic threat to the democracy in the State of Israel, the unit's purpose was shifted into becoming a national unit dealing with the international links of organized crime, focusing on sophisticated crimes, and major events spanning both Israeli territory and foreign countries. In 2008, after the founding of

, the unit was attached to Lahav 433, along with the Prison Personnel Investigations Department (Yahas). The headquarters of the Yahbal are located in the Lahav 433 compound.

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