ATZUM’s Task Force on Human Trafficking has worked for years in cooperation with the Israel police in an effort to arrest and prosecute slavers and traffickers and to close the brothels and discreet apartments where trafficked women are enslaved. As a result of our efforts, the largest ever people-trafficking ring in Israel was recently uncovered. Twelve members of the gang were arrested by police in Tel Aviv on March 8th following a two-year undercover operation.
The suspected traffickers are accused of smuggling hundreds of women from the former Soviet Union into Israel to work in the sex industry.
Visit the TFHT website to read the full report, People-trafficking gang uncovered.
Karen Bloom is a cousin of our late project coordinator, Roberta Bernstein (ז”ל) for whom the survivors of terror project is named. Eighteen months ago, Roberta, her husband and daughter were tragically killed in an automobile accident. In February, Karen ran a half-marathon through the areas of the Bronx where Roberta grew up. Karen’s marathon fundraiser raised $5,606 for the survivors of terror project. We greatly value Karen’s partnership in our efforts to alleviate the urgent human need of Israeli terror victims.
