Allowed to announce that the athlete accused of running a brothel network is Svetlana Gandzilov.

• Svetlana Gandzilov. Charged with trafficking in women and running a chain of brothels in Gush Dan and Sharon

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The Tel Aviv District Court was indicted on Monday by former athlete Shiyan Israel who ran brothels in the Gush Dan area. According to the indictment, from May 2015 until her arrest three weeks ago, the defendant ran a network of business for prostitution, in various apartments across the Dan and Sharon bloc. As part of the brothel management, women from Israel and abroad engaged in the provision of sexual services. 

The indictment stated that the defendant had contacted officials outside of Israel, whose identity is unknown to the prosecution, who were mediators and acted to get women to leave their state for prostitution. For each woman who came to Israel and engaged in the provision of sex services, the defendant transferred a $ 1,000 commission to overseas brokers.

The indictment also reveals that the women were employed daily for long shifts for 12 to 13 hours in a row, for six days a week, in the provision of sexual services, while the defendant took a large portion of the "earned" girls. 

In addition, the former athlete is also charged with tax offenses, and in the period relevant to the indictment generated income derived from operating the brothels of no less than NIS 5 million, which was not reported to the tax authorities. For this reason, the respondent was charged with a felony of omitting income by way of fraud and subterfuge. She is also charged with money laundering. The indictment further states that the defendant has systematically and consistently performed concealed carry on the prohibited property with the aim of disguising the source of her income, identity of the rights holder, their location, their movements, and their actions, thereby avoiding lawful reporting.   

During the investigation, the women who worked in prostitution told about the management and control of the defendant as the brothel owner as well as their part in the activity - directing customers to the site and managing the brothel's diary. They also provided information on the location of brothels, operated from 2015 to 2020, and the extent of their activities.

In total, the former athlete was charged with seven charges: causing a person to leave his country for prostitution, conspiracy to commit crime, pimping, posting of adult prostitution services, bringing a person into prostitution, holding a place for prostitution, tax offenses and prohibited money laundering.