Now, please explain to me just how you know that those women are not Jews.....
Yes it does.
Jury finds six of seven Ukrainians guilty of immigrant smugglingJune 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.
The # of Jews left in Russia is pretty small. And all of them have relatives in US and/or Israel. It would be kind of hard to make somebody your slave in Israel if they have relatives there.. wouldn't it?