Israel Police Investigating Bribery Allegations Involving a Maritime Defense Company
The bribe was allegedly intended to facilitate the signing of defense contracts amounting to tens of millions of dollars. According to Israeli media reports, the suspects are senior officials in Israel Shipyards who attempted to promote a deal in Africa
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| 18/03/2018
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The Israel Police on Sunday arrested three people suspected of bribing a foreign public official, false registration in corporate documents, fraud, money laundering, tax offenses and breaking a law that regulates security-related exports, The Times of Israel reported earlier today.
According to the Israeli website Walla News, the three are senior officials in Israel Shipyards who are suspected of bribing a public employee in exchange for the company winning a tender worth tens of millions of dollars to provide an African country with warships.
The several-month investigation was made public on Sunday when police officers raided Israel Shipyards’ offices in the Port of Haifa and detained the officials for questioning under caution, the report adds.
According to the police statement, the investigation is being carried out by the National Fraud Investigation Unit at Lahav 433, in coordination with the Israel Tax Authority and international law enforcement agencies.
Israel Shipyards did not comment on the issue.
The bribe was allegedly intended to facilitate the signing of defense contracts amounting to tens of millions of dollars. According to Israeli media reports, the suspects are senior officials in Israel Shipyards who attempted to promote a deal in Africa
By Meronim - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29595197
The Israel Police on Sunday arrested three people suspected of bribing a foreign public official, false registration in corporate documents, fraud, money laundering, tax offenses and breaking a law that regulates security-related exports, The Times of Israel reported earlier today.
According to the Israeli website Walla News, the three are senior officials in Israel Shipyards who are suspected of bribing a public employee in exchange for the company winning a tender worth tens of millions of dollars to provide an African country with warships.
The several-month investigation was made public on Sunday when police officers raided Israel Shipyards’ offices in the Port of Haifa and detained the officials for questioning under caution, the report adds.
According to the police statement, the investigation is being carried out by the National Fraud Investigation Unit at Lahav 433, in coordination with the Israel Tax Authority and international law enforcement agencies.
Israel Shipyards did not comment on the issue.
