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Polish And Russian Girls
Jewish mobsters from Eastern Europe
prayed on attractive girls from poor families. Their selling points
ran from being the head mistress of large wealthy Argentine
families, to being a wife, to high paying jobs, etc.
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Kidnapping Was Common
Some were just kidnapped
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The Ships
For centuries the Jewish
people were at the forefront of the international trading
empires. Access to ships was easy.
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By 1890 They Were International
This kidnapping, rape and
forced prostitution of young women lasted from the end of the 1860s
until the start of the Second World War. This hugely profitable
(annual revenues of $50 million in the 1890s) commerce in flesh was
operated by the Zwi Migdal, a criminal association It was centred in
Buenos Aires, with branch offices in several locations in Brazil;
Buenos Aires, Argentina; New York City, NY; Warsaw, Poland; South
Africa; India; and China
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This Is Their Base Of Today's'
Control
The first boatload of young
women arrived in Brazil in 1867; by 1913, there were 431 brothels in
downtown Rio alone.
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The 1940's
Naturally this group avoided serving
in WW2.
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Private Auctions
These auctions took place in the
Parissien building, of avenue Alvear 3184. The place was property of
Salomón Mittelstein and Achiel Mostowsky, that later sold it to
Simón Brutkievich, and Simón Kumchev.
Mauricio Caro and Zacarías
Zitnitzky, two of the most important members of the Migdal, managed
to flee to Montevideo.
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