Tel Aviv cop takes sex toys as bribes
Coordinator of central intelligence warns brothels, sex shops of upcoming raids in exchange for money and favors
An intelligence officer in the Tel Aviv police has been charged with accepting bribes — sex toys, money and other benefits — from brothels and sex shops.
Shlomo Serbi, 37, was charged on Wednesday with five counts of bribery, obstructing justice, and breach of trust. He is accused of using his position, allowing him access to high-level intelligence on vice, to warn brothels in the Tel Aviv area about upcoming police raids. Serbi allegedly sent an intermediary to warn the brothels and, in return, received bribes totaling thousands of shekels, as well as sex toys and other favors, from various club and shop owners.
The Justice Ministry’s Police Investigations Department handed down the indictment, which accused Serbi of “crossing a red line” and exploiting his position, which is meant to fight corruption and crime, to carry out serious criminal activities.