Loophole for Pedophiles to Escape to Israel
A loophole that allows accused and convicted American (and Jewish) pedophiles to escape justice by moving to Israel. So Ian Lee has been following this for more than a year and he traveled to Israel for this investigation. He worked with a group that tracks people accused of sex crimes, which estimates dozens of (Jewish) Americans have used this loophole.
We are on a stakeout looking for this man, Jimmy Julius Caro, 48 years old and wanted on charges of sexually assaulting (pedophilia) a nine-year-old girl in Oregon back in 2000 and a five-year-old girl in Israel in 2001. He’s considered dangerous. Shana Aronson got a tip that Caro’s expected at this clinic near Tel Aviv.
JCW, Jewish Community Watch – Hunts Down Accused Pedophiles
Who’s going to call? She’s with JCW, Jewish Community Watch, an organization that hunts down accused pedophiles who flee to Israel from the U.S., exploiting a process called law of return, whereby any Jewish person can move to Israel and automatically gain citizenship. Rabbi Yehuda Oppenheimer says he unwittingly helped Caro escape. There was nothing that raised any red flags up to the point where he was moving to Israel? Well, I wish I could say that, but unfortunately I can’t say that.
So he had violated his parole and now they were looking for him. He said that there was something in the past that happened when he was young, but nothing had ever happened since. I’ve changed and I’m a but you gotta help me. I felt that I could trust him. So I wrote him a letter and he bought a ticket and he left. Caro is accused of abusing more children when he got to Israel.
What was that like for you when you found that out? It was a little punch to the gut. It was very painful. Rabbi Oppenheimer says the reason he came forward is to shine a light on the process of accused pedophiles fleeing to help ensure it doesn’t happen again.
Back at the stakeout, an ambulance pulls up and a man steps out. It’s Caro. That was definitely, definitely him.
