\Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert - his secretary received envelopes full of cash, which were stored in his personal attorney's safe.
Foreign Minsiter Avigdor Lieberman - became a multimillionaire through a public service career, created a series of straw corporations, some, holding millions of dollars, under his 20 year old daughter's name.
Following a series of acquittals in outrageous public corruption cases of senior government officers, including former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, former Justice Minister Tzahi HaNegbi, former Justice Minister Meir Shitrit, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, senior State Prosecutor opines: "Judges have difficulty assigning criminal intention to public figures...".
In contrast, convictions approach 100% in routine prosecutions of others...
In non-legal parlance it is called judicial corruption...
Source:
עקב זיכוי ליברמן: משרד המשפטים יקדם שינוי בהגדרת עבירות שחיתות
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