Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Crime
Caribbean
Eliezer Berland
extradition
Israel
Petit Tobacco Island
sex pest rabbi
Tobago Cays
Tuesday, 4 August 2015 - 15:19
Share this:
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • whatsapp
  • reddit

Alleged sexually abusive rabbi fled Netherlands for Caribbean

Rabbi Eliezer Berland - the so-called sex pest rabbi who is wanted in Israel for sexual assault - is currently on a tropical island in the Caribbean Sea with some of his confidants.  The orthodox news site Behadrei Haredim reports that Berland is on Petit Tobacco Island, a hard to reach small island in the Tobago Cays, according to the Telegraaf. It seems that the Rabbi chose this island due to its lack of an extradition treaty with Israel. The fact that it is difficult to reach - from the Netherlands you would have to take flights to London, Barbados and St. VIncent to finally reach te Tobago Cays by boat - also may have played a roll. Berland was arrested at Schiphol airport upon his arrival in the Netherlands in September. He was released shortly after on condition that the Netherlands seize his passport, and that the rabbi regularly check in with the police. He fled the Netherlands somewhere during the past month or so, around the time that his extradition to Israel was approved. Early last month the Public Prosecutor confirmed that his whereabouts were unclear.

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • Girl named in Amber Alert found safe, police say
  • Netherlands offers minesweepers to protect Ukraine's Black Sea grain exports
  • Police far more likely to bust up climate protests than farmer protests, lawyer claims
  • Historic Rotterdam bridge won't be dismantled for Jeff Bezos superyacht worth €430M
  • Many right-wing Dutch think abortion laws are too lenient; Over half support current rules
  • Police's incident-plagued National Unit to be split into two

Top stories

  • Girl named in Amber Alert found safe, police say
  • Police far more likely to bust up climate protests than farmer protests, lawyer claims
  • MP's want to lower healthcare deductible, Cabinet wants to freeze it
  • Thousands of underage kids recruited into crime in Netherlands: Report
  • Police prevent farmers’ jail break attempt in Apeldoorn
  • Police release suspects held in Tefaf jewellery heist

© 2012-2022, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Partner content