Bribery

Israeli police arrested 24 suspects, including a central district authority head and his wife, in a sweeping public corruption and bribery investigation.

A Jerusalem court sentenced a Border Police officer to four years in prison for taking bribes to bypass checkpoint security and trafficking weapons.

According to the indictment, in the midst of the "Iron Swords" war, one officer coordinated the illegal passage of vehicles at the Al-Jib checkpoint in exchange for bribes. Another officer is accused of facilitating the passage of local residents' acquaintances and receiving benefits in return.

A major scandal has erupted in South Korea: a government report revealed that in the early 2010s, football association officials bribed foreign referees with visits to brothels. The affair, which has reignited the country's gender war, is causing widespread public outrage.

Lior Tadla Salomon, a former senior official at the Population and Immigration Authority's "Ethiopian Desk," demanded sexual favors from women in his community in exchange for assistance with status and visa issues. Convicted of bribery and invasion of privacy, he has been sentenced to 12 months in prison and permanently barred from civil service.

The Tax and Economic Prosecution Office has notified Yossi Azriel, deputy and acting mayor of Kiryat Bialik, his sons, and several companies that they are considering indicting them, subject to a hearing, on suspicion of bribery, breach of trust, and money laundering.

The prosecution announced its intention to indict the deputy and acting mayor of Kiryat Bialik, Yossi Azriel, along with his family members, over suspicions of corruption and illicit ties with real estate developers.

Police have arrested suspects in a 5-million-shekel fraud case involving the illegal settlement of debts to the Israel Electric Corporation in exchange for bribes. The company stated that its security department uncovered the suspected embezzlement and alerted the authorities.

The Israel Prison Service Investigations Division and the 'Barkai' unit utilized an undercover agent to investigate a suspect who allegedly paid thousands of shekels to falsify his community service attendance records.

The current Histadrut chairman was arrested in 2025 along with dozens of others in the 'Hand Washes Hand' affair, released, and returned to the Histadrut. Two days ago, Channel 14 reported that Yaya Fink, a senior Histadrut official, transferred millions of shekels to non-profits whose heads helped him in the 'Democrats' primaries; no investigation will be opened.