Screengrab Social Media/X Upscaled by Grok AIYushvaev had often been arrested, but never convicted.Shocking footage that’s going viral online shows a man being shot dead at a gas station in Israel’s Caesarea.The man has been identified as Yanis Yushvaev, described in local media as the boss of Israel’s Caucasian Mafia.The Times of Israel reported:“Yushvaev, 40, a resident of the central town of Or Akiva, was well known to police and had been repeatedly arrested in recent years on suspicion of violent crimes.Footage of the shooting showed a man wearing a hoodie and cap approaching a restaurant at the Caesarea Junction gas station. The man met Yushvaev and two other men at the door as they walked out, and passed them by, only to suddenly spin around, draw a handgun, and shoot Yushvaev from behind at point-blank range. He then fled the scene.”Yanis YushvaevThe alleged mob boss was critically wounded and later pronounced dead at a hospital. Police are working to locate and arrest the killer.“Yushvaev had been arrested numerous times on suspicion of involvement in shootings, grenade attacks, and car burnings, though none of the cases resulted in a conviction. He was most recently detained in February at Ben Gurion Airport after returning from Moscow, but was released within days.Yushvaev owned restaurants in Or Akiva. In an October 2025 interview with Channel 12, he described himself as ‘a legitimate businessman’ who was ‘very well-established, and drives a Bentley, and that bothers police’.” Israeli organized crime figure Yanis Yushayev was shot dead Sunday outside a restaurant at a gas station near Caesarea.Police reportedly believe he operated with brothers Eli and Matan Arbivin as part of a criminal network active across several Israeli regions.Yushayev…— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) August 24, 2026The 40-year-old father of three was considered one of Israel’s most dangerous criminals.The Telegraph reported:“[Yushvaev] had evaded conviction for years as police repeatedly failed to gather sufficient evidence despite his own alleged involvement in shootings, grenade attacks and vehicle arson.[…] In recent weeks, branches of Japanika, a popular sushi restaurant chain, have been targeted with grenades, gunfire and attempted arson in attacks police have linked to an escalating feud between the Mosli (Jewish) and Jarushi (Arab) crime families.Thirteen attacks were reported in the space of several days, including gunfire at a restaurant in Herzliya and a suspected grenade attack that caused a fire at a branch in Netanya.The attacks prompted the US embassy in Jerusalem to issue a security warning to Americans in Israel about the threat from organised crime in Tel Aviv, Jaffa and Herzliya.”Read more:SHOCK VIDEO: Shirtless Youth Executes Innocent Woman Right Outside a Detroit Liquor Store in ‘Random’ Attack – Woman’s Niece Also Injured/*! This file is auto-generated */!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i