Three more indictments filed following TV report on pedophilia sting
Channel 10 investigative report leads to indictment of ten suspects over attempted sexual harassment of minors.
By Ofra Edelman Tags: Channel 10 Israel courts Tel AvivThe Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court on Thursday issued three additional indictments following the Channel 10 investigative report into pedophilia, bringing the number of indicted suspects in the affair to ten.
Naftali Leib, 60, of Lod, is charged with attempting to perform an indecent act in public and attempted sexual harassment. Leib is the first suspect to be charged with publishing child pornography, after 25 pictures of sexual acts involving children were found on his personal computer.
The other defendants, known as Y., 31, of Ramat Gan, and A, 37, of Rishon Letzion, are also charged with attempting to perform an indecent act and attempted sexual harassment.
Last week, a team of Channel 10 journalists headed by Dov Gilhar took part in chat room conversations, presenting themselves as 13-year-old girls. The defendants initiated blatantly sexual conversations with them; some performed indecent acts in their presence, and others sent them pornographic material.
The defendants were invited to a rented house in Tel Aviv that was wired with hidden cameras, where they were confronted by Gilhar. They were detained by police, whose presence at the scene had been previously arranged with Channel 10.
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Those actions from TV/police are very good. The sick pedophiles that of course POP, exists all over the world, must be taken to prison. Tonight the Israeli public saw the determination of the Israeli police to clean up among the pedophiles. More actions will come, and I think our streets are safer tonight.
Even if one of them was in Bethlehem. This is not a crime in much of the Islamic World.
So shut up.
pedophilia etc transcends all socio-economic, cultural, national and ethnic barriers. donnie, look closely enough into your own family and you're sure to find a molester of sorts.
isnt it interesting how palestinians hold to whats dear to them, and israelis pollute that only piece of land with prostitution and everything impure ..so much for Gods covenant
pop don't be hypocritical now. People like these are usually anointed to be prophets in your part of the world.
Why is sexual abuse endemic of Israelis? They are really aggressive, from what I've seen for myself. Maybe the genital mutilation they suffer at a young age torments them?