There are between 1,000 and 3,000 women in Israel who are subjected to sex slavery, and there is an intensive commerce in women in the country.
Girls as young as twelve are being lured into the pretext of wealth and prosperity in the west but instead of making their dreams come true, they are held into the noose of sex trade, this is the ground reality that is taking place in Israel and the issue has been surfaced by Canadian journalist and social activist Victor Malarek.
A report postulated that women are sold to pimps for as much as $10,000 each, work 14-18 hours a day, charge about $30 a client but receive only a small fraction of the money for themselves. Statistics have revealed that there are more than 10,000 trafficked women and at least 280 brothels in Tel Aviv alone, this is more than enough to assume the condition in whole of Israel.
While talking to Jewish Tribune, Malarek said,
Newspaper ads from modeling and employment agencies promise exciting jobs, but the women are duped. They must submit, or they are raped, beaten and tortured.
The irony of the situation is that, the UN troops instead of acting as a peacekeeping force are playing the part of predators. They are actually molesting the girls sexually, in Kosovo to be more specific.
Sex- slavery: A ‘budding trade’ in the nation
The so called ‘business’ is churning around 12 billion dollars a year, compelling more than 800,000 women yearly to make a choice between prostitution and death. UNICEF too has given out a statement, according to which, nearly, 1.7 billion kids are swindled annually with a decrease in the age of victims every year.
Malarek further added that government isn’t taking the issue seriously as it brings in money along with it. And who would deny such a huge capital?
The women are shown false colors of good social conditions and hence they are motivated to fulfill their dreams but unfortunately, it was nothing more than a mirage. They land up in nightclubs and bars from there they are send to brothels where they become puppets in the hands of buyers.
Upon questioning, authorities in Israel said that there is ‘no law against trafficking people, and no law against prostitution’, and also that they are not in a position to take any legal action against the perpetrators because the victims are too scared to speak out anything.
While talking to Reuters, Rachel Benziman the legal advisor to the Israeli Women’s network said,
It’s not a problem of finding the right section in the criminal code. It is more a problem of finding the women who will testify and finding the motivation.
Now, the question of the hour is, will the women ever experience a day-light of freedom? What do you have to say?
