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Police probing case of suspected child trafficking in ultra-Orthodox community
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA court in Nazareth has allowed the publication of details in the investigation of a suspected child trafficking case.
Police suspect that a childless ultra-Orthodox couple enlisted the help of a rabbi’s wife to take a child from a mentally ill pregnant woman.
The rabbi’s wife was reportedly the woman’s legal guardian. The woman was flown to the US where she underwent surgery at a hospital with ties to the ultra-Orthodox community. The infant was removed and handed over to the couple.
The rabbi’s wife has denied any involvement in the child’s adoption.
A lawyer for the biological mother’s family says the case is not an isolated one, but part of a system that has been operating in Israel for some time.
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