Russian, Israeli mafia exist in Goa, says
Wikileaks cable
Friday April 19, 2013 08:26:34 PM,
Francis Kokutse,
IANS
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Panaji: Goa Chief
Minister Manohar Parrikar does not believe that Russian and
Israeli mafias operate in Goa, but Mumbai police are sure of it,
Wikileaks has claimed citing a recently declassified US diplomatic
cable.
The cable dispatched by Mumbai Consul General Paul Folmsbee in
2009 quotes former head of Mumbai Crime Branch Rakesh Maria saying
that trafficking of foreign women prostitutes to Mumbai is
controlled by Israeli and Russian mafia lords operating from Goa.
"Maria alleged that most trafficking of foreigners to Mumbai is
connected to Russian and Israeli mafia operations in Goa,
explaining why Mumbai police had not cracked the trafficking
ring(s)," Folmsbee's cable numbered 09MUMBAI305 back home to the
US administration said.
Maria is currently the head of Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism squad
and was one of the lead investigators in the 26/11 terror strikes
in Mumbai.
Earlier this week, Parrikar had assured the Goa legislative
assembly that there were no foreign mafias in Goa.
"Russian, German or Israeli mafias are not existing in the state
of Goa," said Parrikar, who was responding to a question from
Congress legislator Reginaldo Lourenco.
Over the last few years, the assembly has been host to numerous
instances when legislators have alleged that foreign mafias have
been controlling the sex and narcotics trade in Goa.
The cable, however, said that tracking the kingpins of these
trafficking cartels was proving to be very difficult for Mumbai
police, and that most Indian women who were trafficked abroad were
disguised as "classical Indian dancers".
"Maria said that trafficking of Indian women abroad for sex work
often takes place under the cover of cultural shows like classical
Indian dancers. He said that many Indian women are trafficked to
the United Kingdom on visas for cultural dancers, but use the
dancing as a front to solicit sex," Folmsbee said, drawing a
comparison to dance bars in Mumbai.
Dance bars proved to be good recruiting grounds for traffickers as
women working there were willing to go abroad to make more money.
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