The Economic Department of the State Prosecutor's Office announced on Tuesday that 30 suspects and 13 companies will be tried, subject to hearings, on suspicion for offenses related to taxes, money laundering and other corruption at the government's Netivei Yisrael company, formerly the Public Works Department.
The case was investigated with the assistance of the Customs Investigation and Value-Added Tax Department of Tel Aviv, the Tax Authority and the Israel Money Laundering Prohibition Authority. An evidentiary basis was established for criminal conduct and deep corruption that was practiced by Netivei Israel for more than a decade, with the involvement of managers and employees on various levels of the company, as well as the involvement of planners, contractors and other service providers.