NOVANEWS
Two Bat Yam residents charged with bringing Ukrainian women to Israel to work in prostitution; two others indicted for running brothels
ed note–LEST WE FORGET–
And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. And Moses was furious with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle. And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD… Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep, And threescore and twelve thousand beeves, And threescore and one thousand asses, And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him. Book of Numbers 31:13-18, 32-35
Three men and a woman were indicted Monday at the Tel Aviv District Court for various sex trafficking and pandering changes.
According to the prosecution, Oleg Zaberski, 35, and his accomplice, Olga Fisher, 29, both Bat Yam residents, brought Ukrainian women to Israel to work in prostitution. Zaberski promised the women through a mediator they could keep half of what they earned for having sex with clients, and instructed them to tell the immigration authorities that they are visiting a relative – Fisher, who would pick them up at the airport.
The women were then forced to see eight or nine clients a day; when one refused to have sex with a customer, Zaberski fined her and made her have intercourse with the man, who injured her.
The complainants have since left Israel.
‘Indictment is groundless’ Zaberski’s charges include human trafficking, assault and pandering. Fisher is being indicted for aiding and abetting human trafficking and related charges.
“Prima facie, the indictment clearly indicates that my client had nothing to do with sex trafficking, and she has no ties to the scheme described in the indictment,” Fisher’s lawyer, Eyal Ohayon said. “Her role is confined to the innocent act of picking up one of the women from the airport.”
Attorneys Shahar Hetzroni and Tamir Sananes, who represent Zaberski, said in response: “The indictment appears groundless, and the defendant denies all the charges.”
Meanwhile charges were pressed against Yaakov Malka, 36, an Eilat resident and Vachislav Magnizer, 40, of Rishon Letzion, for running brothels in Tel Aviv. The two allegedly employed Israeli and foreign nationals as prostitutes. After incurring heavy gambling debts, the two decided to expand the operation and traffic a large number of women from Ukraine to Israel.
They are being indicted for conspiring to commit sex trafficking and pandering violations, among other charges.
