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Per reports, the official, whose identity has not been publicly disclosed, is suspected of election-bribery, fraud, and breach of trust.<\/p>\n
A senior figure in a local authority in central Israel was detained upon arrival at Ben-Gurion Airport<\/a> early Tuesday morning, as part of the sprawling corruption investigation surrounding the Histadrut labor federation.<\/p>\n Per reports, the official, whose identity has not been publicly disclosed, is suspected of election-bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, and had been abroad, with the investigation team awaiting his return to Israel to question him.<\/p>\n Law enforcement in the past has described the case as one of the largest public corruption affairs ever handled.<\/p>\n The probe centres on alleged quid-pro-quo relationships involving the Histadrut leadership<\/a> – notably chairman Arnon Bar-David,<\/a> along with senior figures in the union, in concert with businessmen and local-authority insiders.<\/p>\n The scheme purportedly involved a major insurance agent, Ezra Gabay, who is alleged to have arranged jobs and transfers of workers from municipal or government-owned entities into his own insurance agency, in exchange for influence over key appointments.<\/p>\n