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Court in Tel Aviv convicts 4 Israelis of heading international human trafficking ring, forcing hundreds of Russian, Ukrainian, Moldovan, Belorussian, and Uzbek women into prostitution.
The convicted ringleader, Rami Saban, was under investigation for alleged involvement in bringing hired killers from Belarus to assassinate leading Israeli underworld figure Nissim Alperon.
“one of the most complex and extensive human-trafficking affairs to be uncovered in recent years, if not ever,” Saban and his associates used a network which located hundreds of you women in towns and villages in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, and Uzbekistan.
Contacts persuade the women to arrive in Israel, promising them jobs as waitresses and bar dancers. The suspects also violently abused the women, who were smuggled into Israel from Egypt and Turkey.
The defendants owned and operated 12 brothels in Tel Aviv and Ramat Gan, later operating a phone sex line.
The suspects received between $5,000-$7,000 for each woman, depending on her physical appearance, and in some cases Saban was introduced as a partner in the establishments in which the women were employed, receiving 30% of the profits.
Some of the women were told that they would have to work for free or for very low sums of money.
The convicted ringleader, Rami Saban, was under investigation for alleged involvement in bringing hired killers from Belarus to assassinate leading Israeli underworld figure Nissim Alperon.
“one of the most complex and extensive human-trafficking affairs to be uncovered in recent years, if not ever,” Saban and his associates used a network which located hundreds of you women in towns and villages in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, and Uzbekistan.
Contacts persuade the women to arrive in Israel, promising them jobs as waitresses and bar dancers. The suspects also violently abused the women, who were smuggled into Israel from Egypt and Turkey.
The defendants owned and operated 12 brothels in Tel Aviv and Ramat Gan, later operating a phone sex line.
The suspects received between $5,000-$7,000 for each woman, depending on her physical appearance, and in some cases Saban was introduced as a partner in the establishments in which the women were employed, receiving 30% of the profits.
Some of the women were told that they would have to work for free or for very low sums of money.
