Melech Schanker, a citizen of Mexico, and Neche Feibowitz were arrested here on a charge of engaging in white slave traffic.
The Warsaw police was alarmed by a number of letters received from Jewish parents living in the small towns, asking them to search for their daughters who fell into the hands of the traffickers.
It is alleged that a group of white slavers from Argentine and Mexico have arrived in Poland.
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