Wikipedia's first sentence called it “criminal organization of jewish gangsters who specialized in worldwide prostitution and trafficking of women fr”. Today it says “criminal organisation founded by jews in poland in the 19th century”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Protestution ring Criminal organization”. It now reads “Polish Jewish human trafficking organization operating in Argentina Criminal organization”.
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Zwi Migdal was a criminal organization of Jewish gangsters who specialized in worldwide prostitution and trafficking of women from the shtetls in Eastern Europe.1The Zwi Migdal organization operated from the 1860s to 1939.2In its heyday, after the First World War , it had four hundred members in Argentina alone. Its annual turnover was fifty million dollars at the turn of the century. Its center was Buenos Aires , with branch offices in other locations in Argentina , Brazil , New York City, Warsaw , South Africa , India , and China . The Zwi Migdal Organization reached its peak in the 1920s when some 430 rufianes , or pimps , controlled 2,000 brothels with 4,000 women in Argentina alone. The organization's success stemmed from the fact that its members were bound by rules that were "based on order, discipline, and honesty." The network was well-organized and members cooperated closely to protect their interests.3
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Zwi Migdal suspects, 1930 Zwi Migdal was an organized crime group involved in the trafficking of Jewish women from the shtetls of Eastern Europe for sexual slavery and forced prostitution .Mainly based in Argentina , the group operated from the 1860s to 1939.
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Protestution ring Criminal organization Zwi Migdal ( , Polish : Cwi Migdał) was a Jewish organized-crime group, founded in Poland and based mainly in Argentina , that trafficked in Jewish women from Central Europe for sexual slavery and forced prostitution .While the group was influential for a time, its downfall came as a result of community shunning efforts.Prostitutes of Zwi Migdal founded a number of Jewish social service organizations.
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Polish Jewish human trafficking organization operating in Argentina Criminal organization Zwi Migdal ( , Polish : Cwi Migdał ) was a criminal organisation founded by Jews in Poland in the 19th century , based mainly in Argentina .
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Polish Jewish human trafficking organization operating in Argentina Criminal organization Zwi Migdal ( Yiddish : צבי מגדל , IPA: [ˈtsvɪ mɪɡˈdal] Polish : Cwi Migdał ) was a criminal organisation founded by Jews in Poland in the 19th century, based mainly in Argentina.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “criminal organization of jewish gangsters who specialized in worldwide prostitution and trafficking of women fr”. Today it says “criminal organisation founded by jews in poland in the 19th century”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Protestution ring Criminal organization”. It now reads “Polish Jewish human trafficking organization operating in Argentina Criminal organization”. Read the current article and compare.
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criminal organization of jewish gangsters who specialized in worldwide prostitution and trafficking of women fr
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criminal organisation founded by jews in poland in the 19th century
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