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Svetlana Gnezdilov: Former Israeli champion accused of intercourse trafficking and inducement to prostitution
Former top-tier Israeli athlete, Svetlana Gnezdilov, who holds the nationwide document within the heptathlon, has been detained on accusations of organizing a sex-trafficking scheme and interesting individuals for prostitution.
The Ukrainian-born athlete, who represented Israel at three world championships, was accused of operating a community of brothels beneath the guise of therapeutic massage parlors.
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The 51-year-old allegedly recruited individuals on Russian-language web sites, posting employment adverts looking for staff for her therapeutic massage salons.
Girls allegedly crossed the Israeli border pretending to be vacationers earlier than being introduced into the alleged prostitution community.
Gnezdilov and her husband have been detained three weeks in the past together with six different suspects throughout a raid organized by Israeli police, however their names have been revealed solely this week.
The lady denies any wrongdoing, her lawyer Orit Hayon insisting that she was concerned in a therapeutic massage enterprise with no sexual or legal implication.
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“We’re speaking solely about therapeutic massage. My shopper denies that has to contain somebody in prostitution. We’re speaking a couple of distinguished girl, an athlete, a medalist, with no legal document.
“She was handled like a legal. Stating that she was unwell, that was not even thought of. We consider that her detention over a interval of 23 days was pointless,” Hayon stated.
Together with intercourse crimes, Gnezdilov was additionally accused of tax fraud and cash laundering, estimated in thousands and thousands of Israeli shekels.
The athlete was born in Kharkov, however moved to Israel in 1996 collectively together with her husband. She has represented her new motherland at worldwide occasions, together with world and European championships.
