Police Say Northern Sex-Trafficking Case Nears Indictments

Israel Police posted at 12:29 IDT that Coast District investigators had reached the prosecutor-statement stage against two central suspects in a sex-trafficking case in Haifa and the Krayot, after a yearlong covert probe. Maariv and Israel Hayom published matching reports at 12:16 and 12:09, saying police suspect the ring recruited vulnerable women through social media and false office-work offers, then used threats and pressure to force them into providing sex services in rented apartments. Police say the case went public on June 7 and the central suspects are a man and woman from the area. Israel should pursue traffickers firmly while protecting victims and the dignity of every vulnerable person.