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Police arrest mom, daughter at airport for running prostitution ring By Jonathan Lis Tags: prostitution, Israel Police have arrested two women on suspicion of running a human trafficking ring that supplied Israeli prostitutes to London. Therese Orland, 54, and her daughter Katrin, 28, were remanded for three days on Monday, after being arrested at Ben-Gurion Airport on Sunday as they were returning to Israel. The arrest followed an undercover investigation that lasted about a year. The investigation began with a complaint filed by the workers' rights organization Kav La'Oved, which had noticed advertisements in local Israeli papers offering unspecified overseas jobs to young Israeli women. The ads promised the women profits of $1,000 a day, and the organization suspected that they were placed by a prostitution ring - a suspicion police shared. Advertisement During the course of the investigation, police managed to trace 15 women whom the ring had sent to Britain. The women, who said they had no idea they were being sent to work as prostitutes, agreed to testify against the mother-daughter pair, and also fingered other suspects who lived abroad. In addition, police discovered Internet sites run by the suspects that displayed the young women's pictures alongside a price for obtaining sexual services from them. According to the police, the daughter was in charge of interviewing the women who responded to the ads. Those who were accepted were supplied with housing in London and a cellular telephone, so that they could be easily reached by clients. In addition, the Orlands allegedly confiscated the women's passports to prevent them from leaving Britain. The prostitutes received 40 percent of what the clients paid, minus deductions for room and board. The remaining 60 percent went to the women running the ring. The Orlands are suspected of human trafficking, false imprisonment, assault and theft. Police said additional arrests are expected. This is not the first case of Israeli women being recruited to work as prostitutes overseas. In May 2007, police arrested a similar ring that had advertised overseas jobs for "pretty young women"; those women were promised high-paying jobs in Ireland, and only when they arrived did they discover that they were slated to work as prostitutes. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Swing Jews Jewish Democrats go hi-tech to fight anti-Obama 'hate mail.' Where's Rose? Missing girl's mother allegedly told husband to 'get rid of her.'   1.   Information please 06:40  |  Gershon Reed 26/08/08   2.   The juxtaposition of the JDate Ad 07:21  |  Victor 26/08/08

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