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Human trafficking gangs transport women to Israel via Jordan border for prostitution, abuse

The women are promised luxury Tel Aviv apartments and high wages, but arrive to a very different situation.

 THE JORDAN River Crossing or Sheikh Hussein Bridge is one of three international crossings between Jordan and Israel. October 7 and the fall of Syria led to an inevitable conclusion: The Jordan River may not be a defensible border for Israel, states the writer.
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 Carabinieri members stand guard outside 'La Maddalena' hospital, where Italy's most wanted mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro was arrested, in Palermo, Italy, January 16, 2023

Italy's mafia abandoning rivalries to join forces, report says

A 31-year-old semiconductor assembly technician, who is on a class-action lawsuit against Onlyfans, poses at his home in California, U.S., July 5, 2024.

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'Anora' hits Israeli screens: A modern fairy tale with dark realities - opinion

Mikey Madison shines in Director Sean Baker's modern-day Cinderella story with a not-so-fairytale ending.

 MIKEY MADISON and Mark Edelshteyn in ‘Anora.’

Four years after ban: Israeli prostitution consumption increases - study

Consumption of prostitution increased between 2021 and 2024 from 7% to 9% for Jewish men aged 18 to 70, the research found.

A prostitute in Israel waiting for a client.

US says prostitution ring counted politicians, tech execs, lawyers as clients

Federal prosecutors in Boston did not identify any of the "wealthy and well-connected clientele" that they say paid up to $600 per hour for sexual encounters with predominantly Asian women.

The exterior of John Jospeh Moakley U.S. Courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., November 28, 2018.

UK Sex Workers’ Union mocked for signing statement of solidarity with Palestine

“We mourn for the loss of civilian lives, of Palestinians, Israelis and foreign nationals, who have been made victims of the ongoing occupation and conflict," the union wrote.

A sex worker[Illustrative]

WATCH: Police seize 'sniper rifle,' pistols, stun grenades, close brothel

In addition to seizing weapons, police uncovered a brothel and detained the madame, a 40-year-old Ashdod resident.

 Police confiscated what they referred to as a "sniper rifle," a long gun fitted with a telescopic sight and a bipod.

Buenos Aires to rename subway station after Jewish woman who famously stood up to sex traffickers

Born in what is now Ukraine in 1900 and raised in Poland, Liberman immigrated to Buenos Aires in 1922, joining a wave of Jewish immigration from Eastern Europe to South America.

 Raquel Liberman.

Israeli prostitutes fashion a sex trade exit

SOCIAL AFFAIRS: There are several anti-prostitution organizations in Israel, but what’s unique about Turning the Tables is the self-esteem approach emphasized in Yotsrot Atid.

 MARYAM STITCHES finishing touches onto her denim ‘Neanderthal dress.’ The women often design according to themes, the most recent of which was denim.

Jerusalem man given 11 year sentence for multiple sex crimes against women

Yitzhak Sharifi targeted single mothers who were experiencing serious economic hardship and exploited them, economically and sexually.

 Yitzhak Sharifi is brought for a court hearing sentence at the Jerusalem District court, on May 30, 2023. Photo by Flash90

Iranian-backed militia leader says Mossad used prostitute to kill medieval Imam

The Middle East Media Research Institute first documented and translated Al-Khazali’s antisemitic diatribe that appeared in May.  

 This painting by Yousef Abdinejad is entitled "Martyrdom of Imam Ali". It depicts Ali being assassinated by Ibn Muljam. There are also angels attempting to restrain Ibn Muljam from striking Ali.

Israeli father, daughter arrested for trying to pimp out Ukrainian women

The arrest was the culmination of a 4-month investigation by police's Lahav 433 division regarding people bringing Ukrainian women to Israel to exploit them and make them work as prostitutes. 

 Illustrative image of an arrest.

Modern slavery in Israel: The women victims of human trafficking

The US State Department TIP report states that Israel does not meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so

 Women with price tags on their hands are displayed in the window of a store called Woman To Go in a shopping mall in Tel Aviv to raise awareness about and protest against the trafficking of women.