Jerusalem – Just days after the Israeli media revealed an investigation into allegations of baby trafficking in the Charedi world, the well known figure at the center of the probe has been placed under arrest.
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Chaim Aharon Yosefi was arrested on Wednesday night as he left a Bnei Brak synagogue, reported Ynet (http://bit.ly/2i8lGfE). He was charged on multiple accounts including forgery, sexual harassment and violations of Israeli adoption law.
Police arrived at Yosefi’s home on Sunday morning with a search warrant, and while Yosefi was not home at the time, he was warned not to leave the country. Investigations by both Ynet and Yediot Aharanot alleged that Yosefi had been involved in numerous cases of unwanted pregnancies in the Charedi world, sending expectant young women to the United States to host families to care for them during their pregnancy. The babies were reportedly adopted after birth, with thousands of dollars reportedly exchanged in the process.
According to Ynet (http://bit.ly/2i9StRt), Yosefi told one prospective client that he would cover all of her expenses for the duration of her pregnancy and the birth, including medical care for her and the baby, clothing and cosmetics.
“If you want, we can make efforts to give you some cosmetic treatment, a body design studio,” Yosefi allegedly told the young woman. “I need to pamper you. This is all in the package. Trips, restaurants, fun. It will all be paid for.”
Yosefi’s lawyers said that their client has been cooperating with the authorities and that they have full confidence that he will be exonerated.
Police called Yosefi’s arrest the first step in what they expect to be a major investigation.
We just saw the movie ‘Kidnap’. Who would have thought that the theme of this movie would actually occur in the chareidi world. Och n’ vay !
The secular Zionists are upset that frum people:
1) are taking care of their own
2) don’t want their babies raised by the frei
3) are sending people to the USA
What’s not to like?
Guys, remember, ALLEGEDLY,
Sounds more like he was talking the women out of abortions by having them give up their babies for adoption rather than aborting while making a few dollars while at it.
Paying a female to carry and deliver a baby for adoption is perfectly legal in the United States. In fact, it is exactly what the LGBT community is lobbying Israel to allow. In fact, it is exactly why the leftist media trashes the Israeli government for its “homophobic” laws not allowing this baby selling. And now the same media is trashing the Hareidi for doing nothing more than they themselves advocate.
What is the crime exactly? Seems to be involved in giving girls an alternative to killing the baby – giving birth and then having it adopted. What gives?
There are women with unwanted pregnancies who want to give up their baies for adoption. There are women who want to adopt. He is the agent and charges a fee which prospective adoptees willingly pay. Why does the government have to get involved? As long as the babies go to good homes why can’t people arrange their own adoptions?
It’s funny how the recent story on VIN of a frum woman who was pregnant during her marriage was called all sorts of bad names on here, yet these same commentators have nothing bad to say about these pregnant charedi girls with “unwanted” babies. Hypocrites!