Pressured by U.S., Israel Battles a Burgeoning 'White Slave' Trade

Forward ^ | 6/28/02 | MATTHEW GUTMAN

[Michael2001]

The three women the police rescued from slavery in this case, Zionit said, were smuggled from Ukraine into Egypt and from there over the Israeli border by Bedouins.

Egyptians, Bedouins and Israelis working together. It seems that the underworld is the one place where all these folk get a long. This is true of the drug trade in Israel as well.

[Phil V.]

Egyptians, Bedouins and Israelis working together. . . the underworld is the one place where all these folk get a long.

another is Freemasonry - according to my father.(a Freemason)

[BrooklynGOP]

So far I see no inclination to condemn this. All I hear is the Clinton excuse: "Everybody does it!...what about Asia?...what about the USA?..."

Huh? I merely pointed out the flaw in your "40:1" analogy. Relax. Take a valium. If major Jewish groups in America spent less time trying to block those moralistic conservative Christians from being confirmed to the bench and turned their attention to sex slavery in Israel the problem would end almost immediately.

I am sorry. I heard no more mention of these "moralistic conservative Christians" condemning this problem in Israel then that of the "major Jewish groups"... Have you?

[swarthyguy]

Good thing these guys were stopped.
Some subcontinentals had domestics from the old country to do housework and cook, clean, etc, they tried it but ran afoul of SS laws, pay, benefits, unemployment insurance, etc. After a couple of high profile cases with dentists or engineers getting busted for violation of labor/employment laws, i think people figured it wasn't worth the risk to have that 'benefit' here. The domestics would have to acclimatize culturally, they need a driving license, etc...it's not as idyllic as it sounds and illegal. I have no idea of numbers but it was relatively few;; may have been a semi-fad in the NYC/NJ area in the 80's.

And probably be getting rather difficult to do currently.

But someone like the Princess can just breeze in and out with hers if she's visiting.

[Michael2001]

So there are Bedouin Freemasons?

[Phil V.]

I speculate that it is easier to number the world's groups that are NOT represented with Freemasonry than to number those who are. I would not make a categorical statement, life depending on it, but I bet you a supersized Big Mac, fries and coke that there are Bedouin within the brotherhood of Freemasonry.

[dennisw]

http://www.state.gov/documents /organization/10815.pdf
Starting at page 19 you can read what our Department of State has to say about sex trafficking. They say Israel is working hard to combat it. They put Israel in the middle. There are many nations far worse than Israel such as Belarus, Bosnia, Greece.
Typical Larry Lied only posts this to cast negative light on Israel. You have a prurient interest in all matters Jewish. Hypocrite.

[LarryLied]

Important to read more than the IDF and Likud press releases which are posted everyday. And this is from the Forward. Had it not been from a Jewish source, I would not have posted it.

[dennisw]

Get real boy. I could give a crap which Jews you hand pick to back up your anti Jewish posts and anti Jewish outlook. You are Jew obsessed. OK!

[hangin' chad]

Your ratio is all kinds of wrong. Those women are not Jews.

Now, please explain to me just how you know that those women are not Jews.....

[LarryLied]

This goes on in the US, too.

Yes it does.

Jury finds six of seven Ukrainians guilty of immigrant smuggling

June 26, 2002
By SANDRA MARQUEZ Associated
Press Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal jury found six of seven Ukranians guilty Wednesday of smuggling immigrant women to the United States for prostitution.

Federal prosecutors contended the smuggling ring lured hundreds of Ukrainians - many of them young women - to Los Angeles for a "full service" operation that netted hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal profits.

The victims were transported in boats, in the trunks of cars, and even on foot, with stops in Mexico City and Baja California on the way to Los Angeles.

After nearly three days of deliberations, the jury convicted six defendants of smuggling and conspiracy to import women for purposes of prostitution.

The smuggling charges carry mandatory prison terms of five years. Sentencing was set for the fall.

The jury was unable to reach verdicts against Nataliya Korolova. U.S. District Judge Robert Takasugi ordered the panel to continue deliberations in her case.

Convicted were Tetyana Komisaruk, 50, who is Korolova's mother; Komisaruk's husband, Veleriy Komisaruk, 40; her daughter Lorina Latysheva, 25; Latysheva's husband, Oleksandr Latyshev, 29; Serge Mezheritsky, 36; and Grigoriy Chernov, 50.

Defense attorneys didn't comment in detail about the verdicts.

The trial lasted seven weeks, providing a picture of an illicit family business. The relatives and their friends divided up tasks, including: coaching immigrants on what to tell U.S. Border Patrol agents if caught; giving them clothes, including Levi's, in order to help them blend in; and teaching them how to walk across the border.

Prosecutors said the immigrants paid an initial $2,500 to get to Mexico City, where they were shuttled to hotels and a safe-house in Baja. The Ukrainians then were told they had to pay more to enter the United States.

Tetyana Komisaruk was described as the ringleader, responsible for overseeing the smuggled Ukrainians and demanding payment from them. She was convicted of a total of 39 counts of conspiracy, smuggling and money laundering.

Prosecutors said she shared command of the operation with her husband, Valeriy Komisaruk, who helped operate staging points in Mexico, including a villa near the California border where the smuggled immigrants were housed until they arrived in the United States. He was convicted of a total of 29 counts of smuggling, conspiracy and money laundering.

Mezheritsky, a Ukrainian emigre who once ran unsuccessfully for City Council in West Hollywood, was described as the third key player. He was accused of providing boats and cars for smuggling illegal aliens. He was convicted of a total of 24 counts of conspiracy, smuggling and money laundering.

The investigation was triggered by a video camera that Border Patrol agents found on a dirt trail near the U.S.-Mexico border in 1999. The taped showed what appeared to be the trip of a Russian family through Hungary, Mexico City and up to Tijuana.
Modesto Bee

Serge Mezheritsky is the grandson of Maria Mezheritsky (Rabinovich). Born in Minsk, Maria Mazheritsky , an immigrant to America, was the wife of a Lieutenant Major in the Soviet Army.

[dennisw]

You are so sickly obsessed with Jews. Going by their names most of the others are not Jewish.

[Alouette]

And this is from the Forward. Had it not been from a Jewish source, I would not have posted it.

This is your problem. The Forward is about as far left as you can get, probably even farther to the left than Ha'aretz. The Forward does not speak for me or for any other right-wing, religious Jew. They try very hard to pretend that we don't exist. These guys still insist that the Chief Rabbi of Russia is that old guy appointed by the KGB left over from Soviet days, not the internationally recognized Rabbi Berel Lazar who met with President Bush.

[Crazymonarch]

You could go to a New York or LA bath-house run by the triads or others and find the same thing-its a world wide phenomena

[LarryLied]

The Forward is about as far left as you can get, probably even farther to the left than Ha'aretz. The Forward does not speak for me or for any other right-wing, religious Jew.

I realize that. But the Forward surely is not making this up ,is it? The problem as I see it is that when the Soviet Union went bust, a horde of evil people, of all religions, descended upon the west. The USA should not have to pressure Israel to clean house. That 3,000 women a year can be sold in a country that size without someone in authority knowing of it is not believable.

[Alouette]

That 3,000 women a year can be sold in a country that size without someone in authority knowing of it is not believable.

They do know about it. They are taking steps to stop it. However, because of the ongoing terrorist attacks, this is not a high priority. This kind of thing goes on in every country on the planet, from time immemorial.

[Michael2001]

Well I know nothing about the Freemasons, but I'm willing to take that bet based on what I know about the bedouin. From the little I know you have to shower at least once a year in order to be a Freemason.

BTW if I win I'll take a code red mountain dew over a coke.

[Red Jones]

it is a good thing that the changes in policy have apparently occurred to try harder to stop this type of a thing. Lots of women are victimized in this manner in many countries.

[Michael2001]

If post #27 is correct, then why does this sort of stuff bother you more when it happens in Israel than it does in Greece?

It's no excuse, but unlike Greece, Israel cannot devote 100% of its resources to battling this sickness, they are dealing with some other matters at the present as well.

I applaud you for going after the sex slave trade in Israel, however one wonders why this only bothers you when it comes to Israel. I haven't seen you post on the sex slave trade in any other country; of course I haven't seen every one of your posts, maybe I'm wrong, if so you can correct me.

[Red Jones]

sorry dennisw, but the article larrylied posted did say that the state dept had upgraded their description and ranking of israel's actions in this regard. But you are quite correct that other nations as you mentioned really have a lot more problems. Fortunately, Israel is wealthy enough, unlike them, and not corrupted by organized crime, like some of them that tolerate this and can enforce decent laws.

There are even a few women in america who are kidnapped each year into being literally white slaves on some pacific island for some super-rich person. I'm glad bush is emphasizing this issue world-wide, unlike Clinton who tolerated it I read.