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International Collaborations

Israel’ s Navy F ollowing the leak of documents from German aerospace
advised a and arms component manufacturer Hensoldt, a joint
German supplier investigation by European Investigative Collaborations (EIC),
on how to snag a in which Shomrim was the Israeli representative, German
Defense Ministry newspaper Der Spiegel, and the Greek website Reporters
contract; United, revealed how the Israeli Navy tried to help the company
leak suggests win a Defense Ministry tender to upgrade equipment on the
corruption submarines that Israel bought from another German company,
in arms deal ThyssenKrupp. Those submarines hit the headlines in Israel in
between Israel 2017, when police opened an investigation into the deal and the
company and circumstances of their purchase. Eventually, indictments were
Uganda. filed against several of those involved.
Another investigation in the same series uncovered suspicions
Daniel Dolev of corruption in an arms deal between an Israeli company called
and Uri Blau BIRD Aerosystems, which is partly owned by FIMI Opportunity
Funds, and the government of Uganda.

Former President Rivlin in
a visit to Kiel’s shipyard’s
executives in Germany.
Photo: Amos Ben Gershom - GPO
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