Police source: Anyone but Olmert would have been arrested by now
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Israel Police and the Justice Ministry released a joint statement Friday saying that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is suspected of asking a number of different public organizations, and the state, to pay for the same trips abroad. (article 4)
" The prime minister was asked to give his account about suspicions of serious fraud and other offenses said the police and the ministry joint statement, following a third round of questioning of Olmert in an ongoing corruption investigation. (article 4)
As far back as 1991, police investigated allegations that one or more third parties financed a trip overseas taken by the Olmert family and arranged through Rishon Tours. (article 2)
Israeli police said on Friday they had widened their corruption probe against Ehud Olmert who is now also suspected of double-billing for trips during his tenure as mayor of Jerusalem and trade minister. (article 7)
On Friday Mr Olmert was interviewed by the police for the third time in connection with the probe, which has so far centred on allegations that the prime minister received illegal funding from abroad. (article 7)
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will be questioned again Friday about the hundreds of thousands of dollars he allegedly received over 15 years from Jewish-American millionaire Morris Talansky. (article 3)
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Olmert, Talansky, Minister, Police, prime |
Source articles
- Cinderella man (haaretz.com, 07/11/2008, 996 words)
- Olmert, Zaken, and Rishon Tours: A case of deja vu (haaretz.com, 07/12/2008, 663 words)
- Police source: Anyone but Olmert would have been arrested by now (haaretz.com, 07/11/2008, 652 words)
- Olmert suspected of defrauding state, charities to fund trips abroad (haaretz.com, 07/12/2008, 905 words)
- Olmert faces new financial allegations (L.A. Times, 07/11/2008, 642 words)
- /hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=1001278 (haaretz.com, 07/12/2008, 567 words)
- Israeli police widen Olmert probe (ft.com, 07/11/2008, 383 words)
- Olmert corruption probe widened (BBC News, 07/11/2008, 374 words)
- Israeli police widen Olmert probe (CNN, 07/11/2008, 330 words)
- /hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=1000501 (haaretz.com, 07/09/2008, 1166 words)
- Ehud Olmert will not contest leadership, officials say (timesonline.co.uk, 07/10/2008, 773 words)
- It was the first deadly attack in the region aroun... (Washington Post, 07/10/2008, 316 words)
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