Loan shark
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A loan shark is a person who offers loans at interest rates that are extremely high or illegal, has strict terms of collection, and generally operates outside the law, often using the threat of violen
A 1919 political cartoon about loan sharking in a satirical Judge magazine
Lift door sticker awareness campaign in Singapore
Ah Long pamphlet found in a car door handle in Malaysia
Israeli mafia
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The Israeli mafia are the organized crime groups operating in Israel or consisting of Israeli members. There are 16 crime families operating in Israel, five major groups active on the national level a
Loan shark
…emerged in 2015 that up to 100,000 of the 360,000 loans given by Irish moneylenders violated the law. Loan sharking is one of the main activities of the Israeli mafia. The National Bank of Kazakhstan has been consistently fighting loan sharks since 2018. Thus, the maximum interest rate on a loan was limited to no…
Itzik Abergil, center, escorted by Israeli police officers, January 12, 2011
Meir Abergil, January 12, 2011