In order to be able to pursue this line of investigation, this journalist tried to talk to people from Chabad Lubavitch, but was unsuccessful. In addition to the refusal to talk about the subject, there was the threat of a criminal complaint -and of another kind- in case of publishing any journalistic article against them.
What at first was taken as humorous by the writer of these lines, ceased to be so when he discovered what kind of people the Lubavitch are. Considered a true sect within Judaism, this organization has 3,000 centers distributed in more than 70 countries worldwide. In Argentina it has 28 branches in six provinces and an estimated 10,000 followers. According to Perfil newspaper, it is a movement that was born “more than 230 years ago in the Belarusian town of Lubavitch, the movement took off locally in the mid 90's, under the critical and at times distrustful gaze of the rest of vernacular Judaism. Its members are defined by their extreme fidelity to the word of the Torah (the first five books of the Bible).
But unlike plain Orthodoxy, and despite the fact that many of the habits followed by its members may seem medieval, Chabad works with the most modern technology, from magazines and television programs to a major Internet site and the reading of prayers on a palm screen.”
That is the best known side of the sect, but it has a darker side linked to the furious collection of money, at any price and under the façade of the supposed “social help”. “Notice that they are involved in all the 'quilombos' (trouble) in which people from the Jewish community are involved, as it was at the time the diamond traffic”, a little known rabbi assured this newspaper with great concern and fear.
The mere mention of Chabad when looking for interviewees closes all doors. “You don't know the power these guys have, I would tell you to leave your research aside”, warned a colleague -and friend- of the community who dared to talk to TDP. [...]
Concluding
Some of the people who frequented Silvina shortly before her disappearance say that she was very afraid that something might happen to her, and there are even formal complaints about it. This is not the only case and it will certainly not be the last. There are dozens of complaints against Chabad Lubavitch for similar situations and even worse.
In the specific case of Silvina, it is enough to read the relevant judicial file to see the number of irregularities surrounding her disappearance and even within the framework of the investigation of the case.
It is evident that there is a concrete and brutal power behind all this movement, which does not allow to advance towards the clarification of her evaporation. It is the same power that generates the aforementioned fear in those who are being investigated about Chabad Lubavitch.
In this context, Alberto continues his fruitless search, not knowing who he can trust and who he cannot trust.