{{Short description|Israeli mobster (born 1975)}} {{Infobox criminal | name = Asi Abutbul | native_name = אסי אבוטבול | native_name_lang = he | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1975|01|01}} | birth_place = | other_names = | occupation = | known_for = | criminal_charge = Selling weapons, murder | penalty = 13 years in prison | status = Incarcerated | added_date = | caught_date = | partners = | convictions = | conviction_status = | wanted_by = | wanted_since = }} '''Asi Abutbul''' ({{langx|he|אסי אבוטבול}}; born 1975) is an Israeli mobster. In May 2006 Abutbul was arrested by Israeli Police, along with another mobster, Eli Naim, on suspicion of selling weapons to Naim with criminal intent.<ref>{{cite news |first=Efrat |last=Weiss |title= אסי אבוטבול נעצר בחשד לסחר באמצעי לחימה |url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3253378,00.html |publisher=Yedioth Ahronoth |date=2006-05-21 |access-date=2007-06-10 |language=he }}</ref>
BMW importer Kamoor was caught giving Abutbul 2 cars free of charge.{{Citation needed|date=March 2026}} In 2008, Abutbul was sentenced to 18 months in prison for selling weapons to gangs in Jerusalem and Netanya.<ref>{{cite news |first=David |last=Bar-Yosef |title=המשטרה ניצחה את אבוטבול בסבוב הראשון |trans-title=The Police Beat Asi Abutbul In The First Round |url=http://www.magazin.org.il/inner.asp?article=646&page=22 |newspaper=Magazine HaMoshvot |date=2008-01-18 |access-date=21 September 2009 |language=he }}</ref> On June 21, 2009, Abutbul and 19 of his men were sent to jail. Abutbul was sentenced to 13 years in prison.{{Citation needed|date=March 2026}}
On July 31, 2011, Michael Abutbul's brother, François Abutbul, was shot and killed. According to media reports in Israel, François was the head of the same criminal organization that Michael led.<ref>{{Cite web |title=עלייתם ונפילתם של בני משפחת אבוטבול |url=https://www.makorrishon.co.il/nrg/online/1/ART2/265/796.html?hp=1&cat=402&loc=10 |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=www.makorrishon.co.il}}</ref>
On August 29, 2017, Michael Abutbul was charged with the 1999 murder of Arthur Rosen. He was also charged with conspiring to murder his attorney Yoram Hakham in 2008.<ref>{{Cite news |last=מורג |first=גלעד |date=2017-08-29 |title=אסי אבוטבול מואשם: "רצח את עו"ד חכם כי הוא לא חקר עד תביעה" |language=he |work=Ynet |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5008817,00.html |access-date=2023-11-03}}</ref>
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