Committee to Vote on Bill to Confiscate Pimps’ Profits to Rehabilitate Prostitutes
MK Mickey Levy calls for 'tougher penalties' on prostitutes.
MK Mickey Levy.Credit: Olivier Fitoussi
The Ministerial Committee for Legislation is expected to decide Sunday whether to support a bill compelling the courts to confiscate the profits of pimps convicted of running brothels.
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The money is to be used for rehabilitating prostitutes and human trafficking victims.
The bill was sponsored by MK Mickey Levy (Yesh Atid), a former police commander.
“Pimps and brothel managers should get tougher penalties and the money they made by exploiting and oppressing women should be used to help those women,” Levy said.