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22-12-03, 16:56
PM's son: if Greek isle succeeds, there'll be money for us all
By Baruch Kra, Haaretz Correspondent
Omri Sharon told security firm owner David Spector in October 1999, that if the Greek Island project succeeded, "there would be enough money to pay us all and get out of here," according to a videotape acquired by "Haaretz" and released for publication on Monday.
The recording contradicts Sharon's claim when investigated by police on the issue, according to which he was never involved in the Greek Island affair.
In the course of the conversation, Sharon mentions dubious real estate transactions in which contractor David Appel was involved, going so far as to name them as corrupt.
Sources in the judicial system believe that the recorded conversation implicates the entire Sharon family in the Greek Island affair. Sharon's meeting with Spector was held several months ahead of a meeting that Spector was to hold with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's other son, Gilad.
Police suspect payments made to Gilad Sharon were given as indirect bribes to then foreign minister and national infrastructures minister Sharon to help Appel win permission from the Athens government to develop a Greek island tourist resort. The permission never materialized.
Omri Sharon was questioned for several hours last week at the police's International Crimes Unit, on suspicion of involvement in the alleged bribery transaction between his father, the prime minister and contractor Appel.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/374684.html
By Baruch Kra, Haaretz Correspondent
Omri Sharon told security firm owner David Spector in October 1999, that if the Greek Island project succeeded, "there would be enough money to pay us all and get out of here," according to a videotape acquired by "Haaretz" and released for publication on Monday.
The recording contradicts Sharon's claim when investigated by police on the issue, according to which he was never involved in the Greek Island affair.
In the course of the conversation, Sharon mentions dubious real estate transactions in which contractor David Appel was involved, going so far as to name them as corrupt.
Sources in the judicial system believe that the recorded conversation implicates the entire Sharon family in the Greek Island affair. Sharon's meeting with Spector was held several months ahead of a meeting that Spector was to hold with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's other son, Gilad.
Police suspect payments made to Gilad Sharon were given as indirect bribes to then foreign minister and national infrastructures minister Sharon to help Appel win permission from the Athens government to develop a Greek island tourist resort. The permission never materialized.
Omri Sharon was questioned for several hours last week at the police's International Crimes Unit, on suspicion of involvement in the alleged bribery transaction between his father, the prime minister and contractor Appel.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/374684.html