NATO Corruption Scandal Triggers Israeli Arms Contracts Cuts – Media
Multiple NATO-Israel arms contracts have been suspended over a massive bribery scandal in the heart of the US-led military bloc’s buying section that has already triggered multiple arrests across Europe, several investigative media outlets have reported.
The scandal has exposed a shadowy network of private operators exploiting a revolving-door system that allows former NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) staff to become consultants in the defense industry, where they flourish in “the new geopolitical situation” as a result of “the explosion in European defense budgets,” according to La Lettre.
The NSPA has been forced to suspend multiple contracts with Israel’s largest weapons producer, Elbit Systems, over mounting evidence that the Israeli company used a former NSPA staff member to bribe ex-colleagues to secure deals for the company.
A 60-year-old Italian national, Eliau Eluasvili, has been on the run since late September, when a Belgian court issued an international arrest warrant for him. The decision was made over the summer in response to a multi-nation investigation into brivery allegations, with new details revealed on Monday by La Lettre, Le Soir, Knack, and Follow the Money. – RT
Our Take: So now the web of Ukrainian corruption has expanded to include Israel.
This development tracks with what we know about the relationship between the IDF and the Azov Battalion, with the former providing the latter with Israeli-made Tabor rifles. Not to mention the fact that several high-profile militia leaders in Ukraine (not just the Azov Battalion) are former IDF officers.
Two weeks ago, Colonel Macgregor stated in multiple interviews that there are plans to evacuate Ukrainian officials to Israel, and due to their Jewish heritage, they will be granted citizenship and protected from war-crime prosecution by the Israeli government, which rarely ever extradites its citizens for any reason.
Remember that senior Israeli cyber-security official who was arrested in Las Vegas for attempted pedophilia? The one who was allowed to leave the country and return to Israel on the promise that he would return for his arraignment? He still hasn’t returned.
In addition to guided mortars, communications equipment and microchips, among other things, Elbit Systems is most known for their aerial drones and other unmanned autonomous vehicles— which have become notoriously used by the Ukrainian military, including in an attempted assassination attempt against Vladimir Putin.
If these Ukrainian officials do flee to Israel, that will bring Netanyahu into direct confrontation with Putin, who will surely demand that these war criminals face justice. [Clip Link] –
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