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As a result, every Israeli who arrives in Japan is regarded as a suspect and goes through a detailed interrogation. Y-Net News Saturday, March 5, 2005 Japan fears growing Israeli crime Israeli consul in Tokyo says 30 Israelis detained in Japan, promise of earning quick buck is bogus By Iris Jorlet TOKYO - Israeli involvement in criminal activity in East Asian countries is causing serious damage to the country's image and could also threaten national security, Israeli consul in Tokyo Moshe Harel told Ynet. Some 30 Israelis are currently being held in Japanese prisons for various offenses, and a growing number of Israelis are involved in drug trafficking and selling forged passports in the country. Just two months ago two Iranians were caught with fake Israeli passports. According to Harel, this growing trend has increased Japanese authorities' fear of Israeli-initiated crime in the country, which in turn is making it harder for Israelis to enter Japan. As a result, every Israeli who arrives in Japan is regarded as a suspect and goes through a detailed interrogation. The passport trade phenomenon is not new to the Far East. This is mainly connected to the fact that many Israelis who remain in the country after their tourist visa expires report that their passport has been lost, whereby they receive a temporary document which they use to obtain an extended tourist visa. Eight Israelis are currently being held or awaiting trial for drug-trafficking offenses, while some 20 others are being detained for offenses related to the illegal selling of paintings, gifts, or clothes out of street-market stalls -- offenses that could bring a prison sentence of up to 4 years. Harel said some stall owners also lure innocent Israelis to perform illicit errands for them. "Stall owners receive their goods by mail from Israel, Amsterdam, or India," he said. "Occasionally, those who pick up the packages are not aware of their content. Japanese customs personnel sometimes manage to detect packages containing illegal goods beforehand, and then arrest those who come to pick them up." Harel said the profit margin for drug trafficking in Japan is considerable, as 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) of Marijuana, which costs a few hundred shekels in Israel, can be sold for thousands of dollars in Tokyo. "Apart from issuing warnings, we at the embassy cannot do anything until an Israeli is arrested," he said. "Then we try to assist, but in any case we cannot interfere in the legal process." Harel said many young Israelis are tempted to travel to Japan by deceitful advertisements in Israeli newspapers that promise an opportunity to earn a quick buck. "In practice, these innocent people (who come to Japan) work 12 hours a day, 30 days a month, and earn only USD 1,000 monthly after deducting the high living expenses in Japan," he said. "After they get in trouble, their families pay thousands of dollars to come to Japan and hire a local attorney." Website Note: Bad Boys: All persons are innocent until proven guilty in a Court of Law In other related developments: Ze'ev Rosenstein, Jewish Drug-Ringleader Caught | Israeli jailed over $17m ecstasy haul History of the mob in Eastern Europe: An Israeli historian on Jewish organised crime in eastern Europe before Hitler's armies wiped the slate clean »»»» Real History and those nice new immigrants next door | Slave trade and Lev Trachtenberg | Detectives smash massive ring trafficking in women | Police smash crime ring suspected of trafficking in women Report slams Israel on sex slavery | Police say they find largest sex-trade ring in years Portrait of a modern slave trader, Ludwig Fainberg   Former Israeli minister Gonen Segev arrested for drug smuggling | Segev indicted for smuggling 30,000 'Ecstasy' tablets | Former Israeli minister Gonen Segev investigated also for cheque (check) and credit card frauds | Ex-minister suspected of second drug-smuggling attempt | Los Angeles police uncover Israeli drug ring, headed by an Israeli national   Israel's links to the global ecstasy trade ...     International Ecstasy smuggling racket: three Israelis arrested   Israelis at center of the international Ecstasy drug trade   Ecstasy: A gift from "our best friend and ally"...   Ultra-Orthodox couriers ran drugs for major international ring, reports Reuters   international money-laundering ring run by New York Hasidim washed millions of dollars in cocaine proceeds for the Colombian cartels   Real History, Drug rings, and Israel: Reports from DEA field offices state young Israelis claiming to be art students and had been attempting to penetrate DEA offices   Police raid Michel Friedmanns house for cocaine. Drogenrazzia beim Vizepräsidenten des Zentralrates der Juden in Deutschland, Michel Friedman.