The name of Sharon Dan in 2013 was mentioned in the media in connection with the investigation of another case. He was suspected of distributing intimate videos of his ex-lover on the Internet. Because of this, the woman tried to commit suicide.
In November 2015, a court sentenced Sharon Dan to three months of community service and NIS 50,000 to two women with whom he had previously had an intimate relationship.
The list of defendants in the corruption case includes 14 people. The day before, February 13, the Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court extended the detention of Sharon Dan, as well as Alice Dan, Michael Kaplan, Moshe Yosef, Chaim Megidish, Aharon Kaduri, Eli Shomroni, Tzachi Lavi, Yossi Kaner, Ron Aloper, Guy Fernandez, Avi Moskowitz, Avi Kemer, David Asbat and Eli Goldman.
As the police explained, “over the past year, law enforcement agencies, as well as the internal security service of the Ministry of Defense (MALMAB), have been conducting a covert investigation regarding the alleged change in the conditions of tenders, as well as facts of bribery of employees of the engineering and construction department of the ministry.”
As reported by the news, the day before, on February 13, suspects were detained in a corruption case. According to police estimates, the illegal income of the criminal group amounted to about 1 billion shekels. Among those detained are contractors, lawyers, business owners and employees of the Ministry of Defense.
1 billion shekels = 20.3 billion rubles (at the rate TSB RF on 21.02.2023) – Approx. K.ru
In the course of operational and investigative actions, premium-class cars, cash, luxury goods, and documents were confiscated.
The investigation was launched on the basis of information provided by the person in charge of security at the Department of Defense.
According to suspicions, this is a criminal cartel, in which the Abu Latif crime family is also involved.
Presumably, a whole corruption scheme was built, aimed at falsifying tenders (competitions) of the Construction Department of the Ministry of Defense.
According to a preliminary investigation, the cartel used bribes to obtain inside information about competitions in the Ministry of Defense. Then a number of shell companies registered under the names of the cartel members applied to participate in the tender. At the same time, the prices were agreed so that the right company would win.
In addition, according to suspicions, cartel members colluded with companies with access to classified information that won the tender, and for a percentage of the contract, they performed work instead. At the same time, the Ministry of Defense was not informed about who received access to the project.
The Engineering and Construction Department of the Ministry of Defense is responsible for major infrastructure projects for the needs of the army, in particular, it is engaged in the construction of new IDF bases.
The Ministry of Defense assured that they take the police investigation seriously and declared full cooperation with law enforcement agencies.
This is not the first time the Abu Latif clan has been targeted by police measures. On February 8, 2023, a large-scale raid was carried out in several locations in northern Israel as part of the fight against organized crime. The purpose of the operation was the criminal clan Abu Latif, which controls the large village of Rama, as well as other settlements in the Upper Galilee. […]
vesty.co.il, 02/08/2023, “Raid in northern Israel: 1.5 million shekels and dozens of cars seized from the mafia”: In the early morning of Wednesday, February 8, the police carried out a large-scale raid in several locations in northern Israel as part of the fight against organized crime. The purpose of the operation was the criminal clan Abu Latif, which controls the large village of Rama, as well as other settlements in the Upper Galilee. Among the detainees was the head of the local council of Rame, located near Karmiel. He is suspected of extortion, participation in a criminal conspiracy and aiding a criminal gang.
During the raid, 21 people belonging to an organized crime group (OCG) were detained, 1.5 million shekels in cash, expensive watches and jewelry, and 31 cars, including 15 luxury cars, were confiscated. […]
According to police, this organized crime group is involved in numerous cases of racketeering, violence, including shooting, attacks on police officers and murders. Leading a large gang, as follows from the police report, Latif Abu-Latif and his three younger brothers. All of them have a criminal past, previously served prison terms, including for crimes against state security. Among the charges were contacts with Hezbollah agents and arms trafficking. […]
The detained head of the local council, Rama, is the uncle of the leader of the group, Latif Abu-Latif.
The interests of the organized criminal group Abu Latif are not limited to extortion from local entrepreneurs, the police suspect the group of financial scams, drug trafficking, issuance of illegal money loans and arms trafficking. — Inset K.ru
