Israel Police arrest seven individuals on suspicion of running human trafficking, blackmail ring

Israel Police arrested seven individuals suspected of running a human trafficking ring that exploited young women, including those with disabilities or financial struggles, by luring them with false promises of office jobs and forcing them to provide sexual services. The suspects provided housing to the victims before advertising them on social media and extorting tens of thousands of shekels in blackmail money. The victims were held without means of contacting the outside world, prompting a judge to determine that the suspects posed a danger to the victims and the public.