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Channel 13Security

Crime Boss's Widow Reveals Life in Underworld, His Fears for Children

Translated & summarized from Channel 13 by baba

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Hebrew · 1 newsroom

Lilach Bar-El Shlomo, widow of slain crime boss Shalom Shlomo, has published a book about her life and the underworld. Shlomo, who led a crime organization in southern Israel, was killed in 2015. His widow described him as a strategic thinker whose main concern was their children's safety.

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  • Lilach Bar-El Shlomo, widow of crime boss Shalom Shlomo, published a book about her life.
  • Shalom Shlomo led a crime organization in southern Israel and was killed in 2015.
  • His widow described him as a criminal mastermind who always thought ahead.
  • Her greatest fear was for the safety of their children, she revealed.
  • The book offers an inside perspective on the organized crime world.

Lilach Bar-El Shlomo, the widow of Shalom Shlomo, who was shot and killed in 2015, has published a book detailing her life and the criminal underworld. Shalom Shlomo and his brother led a prominent crime organization in southern Israel. In her book, Bar-El Shlomo describes her late husband as a criminal mastermind, stating, "He always thought 10 steps ahead." She revealed that his primary fear was for their children, saying, "If there was fear, it was only for the children." The book offers an inside look at the life of organized crime from the perspective of a key figure's wife.

Shalom Shlomo was a central figure in a major crime family in the southern region of Israel before his death. His widow's decision to publish her story aims to shed light on the realities of life within organized crime, moving beyond public perception to personal experience. The publication comes several years after Shlomo's assassination, providing a retrospective account of their life together and the criminal activities he was involved in.

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