Police have busted a sex trafficking ring that allegedly brought dozens of women from Ukraine to Israel for prostitution, according to a Friday report. The Israelis found the women with the help of intermediaries in Ukraine, who sent videos and images of the women.
About NIS would go to the driver, and the rest would be split evenly between the woman and the agency. An undercover police officer speaks to a prostitute in a hotel room in footage captured by a hidden camera and broadcast by Channel The crime ring also had the women appear on handbills which were dispersed around the city, attracting many customers. Detectives compiled a list of the women who were brought to Israel for the purpose of prostitution. The police, mostly speaking English with the women, arranged payment for sex work, capturing the moment on hidden cameras for use as legal evidence.
She then tells him that if he wants, she can stay for an additional hour for more money. After making the payment, the detectives then made phone calls to other police officers under the guise of ordering alcohol to the room. In videos broadcast by Channel 13, policewomen enter the room and identify themselves as police. They explain to the women that they are not going to be punished because the authorities are only interested in their employers.
The investigators then arrested the managers of the group, uncovering WhatsApp messages about trafficking the women. Many of the text messages and voice messages described the women in vulgar terms. Though pimping, sex trafficking, and running a brothel are punishable under existing Israeli law, prostitution itself remains legal. In December The Knesset approved a bill that punishes johns caught hiring sex workers. The bill criminalizes procuring the services of a prostitute, as well as presence in a location chiefly used for prostitution, such as a brothel.
A prostitute arranges payment with an undercover police officer in footage captured by a hidden camera and broadcast by Channel Illustrative photo of a prostitute in Tel Aviv.
