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State Employee, Contractors Arrested in Bribery and Smuggling Scheme
Israeli authorities have arrested a state employee and contractors in a complex bribery and foreign worker smuggling scheme. The suspects allegedly paid bribes to avoid oversight and smuggled workers from Turkey via Jordan.
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What happened
- 01Lahav 433 arrested a state employee and contractors for bribery and smuggling.
- 02Suspects allegedly paid bribes to avoid oversight of undocumented foreign workers.
- 03Some bribe money was extorted from the foreign workers themselves.
- 04Contractors are also suspected of smuggling workers via the Jordanian border.
- 05Three suspects were arrested and two detained, with a court hearing scheduled.
Three individuals were arrested and two detained, with main suspects facing a court hearing this afternoon.
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