Fugitive Breslov rabbi Eliezer Berland, 79, was successfully extradited from South Africa to Israel on Tuesday morning, with the Israel police arresting him upon arrival at Ben-Gurion Airport on suspicion of various sex offenses.
The four year international odyssey of Rabbi Eliezer Berland is about to come to an end.
A sports instructor from Ashdod was arrested over a week ago on suspicion of rape, sexual assault and giving drugs to a minor, police said.
In another blow to the credibility of the police, former deputy police commissioner Nissim Mor was indicted on Tuesday for sexual harassment and breach of public trust in the Beersheba Magistrate’s Court.
A driver for a haredi girl’s school in Jerusalem was arrested on Sunday, amid suspicions he repeatedly sexually assaulted a 13-year old passenger over the course of a year.
JOHANNESBURG – A South African judge on Thursday rejected Rabbi Eliezer Berland’s request to have his detention in Johannesburg Prison declared unlawful, saying he remained a flight risk and could not be trusted.
Fugitive Israeli Rabbi Eliezer Berland will spend another weekend in detention as the South Gauteng High Court reviews an application to have him placed under house arrest instead.
An NYPD officer was convicted Wednesday on charges he sexually abused a child during repeated stays at her family’s home, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office announced.
The senior police officer who admitted to and was found guilty of committing sexual offenses will not be appointed as the Israel Police representative in the U.S.
A taxi driver who kidnapped and sexually assaulted a seven-year-old girl was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Tuesday.
