Police track Sharon money to Caribbean bank

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http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/394714.html

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"Police have obtained significant new information in their investigation of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his sons by deposing a witness on a Caribbean island, and now intend to question the suspects in the affair, including the three Sharons, on the information.



The new lead relates to a $1.5 million loan Sharon's family received from British businessman Cyril Kern to repay illegal contributions to Sharon's 1999 primary campaign. Police believe that Kern, who has no business interests in Israel, was a front for other businessmen who do have such interests and the money may have been a bribe to further these interests.

Sharon's son, Gilad, later repaid this loan with funds that apparently provided by the same businessmen that gave Kern the original money.

Information that reached the police a few weeks ago led them to investigate a bank account in a Caribbean island that appeared to have been involved in the various transfers to and from the Sharon family's accounts."

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2. Court orders Gilad Sharon to hand over documents, tapes

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/394714.html

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"The Tel Aviv District Court upheld Monday all the state's assertions regarding Gilad Sharon, and ordered him to hand over documents from his Austrian bank account and audio tape recordings to police investigating the Greek island and Cyril Kern loan affairs.



The court accepted a request by Sharon's lawyer, Micha Fettman, to delay implementation of the order to hand over documents relating to the Kern affair by seven days, in order to allow him to appeal in the High Court of Justice, but ordered documents relating to the Greek island to be handed over immediately. The court's ruling is expected to significantly advance the investigation."

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3. Interesting

It must be awful to have police go through your financial paperwork.

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4. Police seize documents connected to Gilad Sharon probe

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/395335.html

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"Police investigators recently seized documents directly connected to Gilad Sharon, the son of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, from the offices of an accounting firm in Israel, Channel 1 television reported Tuesday.

The report said that the information in the documents will necessitate further questioning of the prime minister and his son.

The confiscation came in the wake of the discovery of a straw company and bank account on a Caribbean island, both of which are linked to Gilad Sharon, the report said. The details of the probe into the Caribbean bank account were first published in Haaretz on Monday."

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"Investigators believe that the seized documents will help uncover the complex trail of money allegedly transferred from businessmen to the Sharon family."