Former navy head, Israeli representative of German shipbuilder face indictments in alleged
billion-shekel bribery scheme; PM’s ex-lawyer cousin to be charged with money laundering
State prosecutors announced charges Thursday against former defense officials and associates of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, including his cousin who was his former lawyer, in a major graft case involving alleged corruption in the purchase of naval vessels.
Case 3000, as it is known, centers on a possible conflict of interest surrounding the multi-billion-shekel procurement of military boats and submarines from German shipbuilder Thyssenkrupp in 2016. Prosecutors allege Israeli officials were bribed to push a massive deal for the vessels worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
The case has been described by some as the biggest graft scandal in Israel’s history.
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