Israeli gov. official arrested in Nevada internet crimes against children sting

41 NomDePlum 12 8/17/2025, 7:25:37 AM theguardian.com ↗

Comments (12)

hunglee2 · 4h ago
Main point missing from the title - said government official was then released for unspecified reasons and is now in Israel.
kotaKat · 2h ago
Have to wonder why he was even allowed to flee the country in the first place. They didn’t gank his passport?

He ain’t coming back now.

beardyw · 2h ago
If he did something which hurt the government he wouldn't get away.
NomDePlum · 58m ago
Do you mean he will not escape this crime (if guilty), or that if it was a crime the government cared more about that he would not have been allowed to return to Israel?
Tostino · 2m ago
I read it as the latter fwiw.
netsharc · 1h ago
There's a story of the Saudi embassy in the US (correction: it was the Canada-based embassy of this "great" nation) issuing fake identities to suspects of crime (sexual assault) to allow them to flee. A quick search of "saudi arabian rapist fake passport" gives me a lot of hits that Jeffrey Epstein also had a Saudi Arabian passport... huh.

But since the Israelis are noble and are the only free democracy of that region, I can't imagine they would do something like that... /S

https://www.vice.com/en/article/saudi-arabia-may-have-helped...

NomDePlum · 56m ago
There was no need for fake passports in this case. He was just allowed to return to Israel. It's unclear whether this is because of the individual or whether accused paedophiles are regularly allowed to leave the country.
retox · 3h ago
Our greatest ally.
tucnak · 2h ago
I get a feel that paedophilia is much more common than you would think.
NomDePlum · 1h ago
Dup of: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44927125

Missed as not returned by search. As appears to be the case for this posting too. Neither is (currently) flagged.

NomDePlum · 5h ago
Full title: Israeli government official arrested in Nevada in internet crimes against children sting