Sharon's son in corruption probe

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Citing a Justice Ministry document, the daily Haaretz reported that Israel asked Austrian authorities for co-operation in determining from whose Austrian bank accounts Sharon's son Gilad received hundreds of thousands of dollars in November and December.

The transfers allegedly enabled Gilad, a businessman, to help repay illegal campaign contributions for his father, the newspaper said.

The Justice Ministry request came as part of an Israeli investigation into financing irregularities in his 1999 election campaign. Sharon's son has declined comment.

...the state comptroller reported Sharon's other son, Omri, now a member of parliament, improperly raised money outside Israel from a company called Annex Research for his father's successful 1999 campaign to win leadership of the Likud Party.
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hmm...wonder if sharron will call bush sr. for some parenting advice.
oh those fortunate sons...always getting into trouble.

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Articles.asp?Article=60206&Sn=WORL

Annex Research seems to be run by a Serbian immigrant to the US, Bob Djurdjevic. He's founder of Truth in Media and allied with the Reform Party as a Buchanan supporter. Annex Research is based in Phoenix.

ON EDIT: Here's a backgrounder on the investigation from the Guardian, dated Jan. 2003

to the Simian and his pals. Their kind of guy.

Julie