Yes I recall that being discussed here too. Just as a reminder though I thought the following, originally posted here, was pertinent:

ORTHODOX OUTLAWS
In Israel, under what is probably the world's most permissive legal system and no written constitution, rackets that are strictly banned in most civilized nations-money laundering, drug-profit banking, weapons smuggling, white slavery, the trade in illicit "blood" diamonds, international assassination and kidnap contracts executed by Israeli government agents for hire-are considered perfectly legal.
Such outlaw operations now account for a major segment of the Israeli economy, contributing tens of billions of dollars yearly to Israel's revenues-and to the finances of the political parties who have divided control of these "black" business empires among themselves, explained Dr. Tamir Harcourt al-Maroun, the noted Middle Eastern economist.

The orthodox haredim, who make up between 10 and 15 percent of Israel's population, run the underworld diamond trade, from the killing fields of the Congo to midtown Manhattan.
Orthodox fundamentalists also control the white slave traffic that, according to recent UN reports, has turned into a global growth industry, luring tens of thousands of unlettered, dirt-poor young women from Third World villages and Eastern European cities into enforced sexual serfdom in "rich" countries.
Recently, haredim wearing Judaic ritual garb have also taken over street-level smuggling of what is known as "designer dope," such as the new drug, "ecstasy," which has invaded major U.S. cities in the past decade.
Secular factions, on the other hand, own the franchise for money laundering, involving Israel's major banks in sanitizing billions of dollars in international drug profits and other criminal loot.
Secular politicians control the "direct-action" teams of government agents who hire out to perform "black-bag" jobs, terror strikes, murders and abductions abroad for a price, such as the attempted kidnapping of former Nigerian Finance Minister Umaru Dikko in London. First published in The SPOTLIGHT