The Economist has an article on the continued growth of the tunnels in the Gaza strip.
Once a secretive and dangerous industry, smuggling has become open, even respectable. As recently as last year, Israeli jets would destroy any sites suspected of housing tunnels, but now the smugglers are working in clear view of Egyptian border [...]

The BBC has a report on the human trafficking market in Israel.
In all cases, the traffickers - as many as 20 in the chain from recruitment to sale - take away the women’s passports before selling them on to pimps.
Sometimes the women are subjected to degrading human auctions, where they are stripped, examined [...]