March 29, 2016
1:25 am

Illustrative photo of a Spanish Civil Guard policeman detaining a suspect in Madrid, Spain. February 17, 2016 (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

From Israel to Colombia, who’s laundering money in China

Criminal networks, including Israeli ones, increasingly turn to Chinese financial institutions to hide ill-gotten funds

By Erika Kinetz

March 29, 2016
12:05 am

Gilbert Chikli, 50, and his wife, Shirly Chikli, 31, pose at their home in Ashdod on March 28, 2016. (AP/Oded Balilty)

How a French-Israeli grifter became a money-laundering pioneer in China

Convicted con man Gilbert Chikli, sentenced in absentia to seven years in prison by a French court last year but living openly in Ashdod, is credited with masterminding a fraud that has cost companies $1.8 billion. To get away with it, he became the first of many to look east

By AP

July 1, 2015
4:48 pm

The scene of a bombing in south Tel Aviv on April 17, 2006, in which Daniel Wultz was killed along with 8 others. (Orel Cohen / Flash90)

Guantanamo Bay closure chief represented Jewish terror victim

Lee Wolosky, charged with shuttering US detention facility, took on case of Daniel Wultz’s family against Bank of China

By JTA

November 4, 2014
12:44 pm

US court asks Belgium to compel terror suspect’s testimony

Lawyers for the family of US teen killed in Tel Aviv bombing want witness found after six years to testify in Bank of China case

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

September 23, 2014
3:10 pm

Eric Cantor, the former House majority leader, delivers an address titled 'An America That Leads' at the Virginia Military Institute, on February 17, 2014. (photo credit: Courtesy of House Majority Leader/JTA)

Ex-congressman Cantor subpoenaed in Bank of China case

Former majority leader called to testify in civil terror case in New York

By JTA

May 2, 2014
12:08 pm

Yekutiel and Sheryl Wultz with Debbie Wasserman Schultz (center), Thursday, May 1, 2014. (photo credit: Courtesy)

DC prayer event pays homage to teen killed in Tel Aviv attack

As family continues legal battle over 2006 suicide bombing, Daniel Wultz’s commitment to prayer remembered on Capitol Hill

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

January 14, 2014
7:27 pm

Justice Minister Tzipi Livni (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90/File)

Victims’ families sue Livni in terror funding case

Shurat HaDin demands High Court step in after justice minister ignores information request in proceedings against Chinese bank

By Lazar Berman

December 18, 2013
2:33 pm

China's Prime Minister Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu review an honor guard at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 8, 2013. (Photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO/FLASH90)

The China bank is not the issue here, dude

… according to the PM, who maintains cooperating with a US terror case would jeopardize security. But the case seems to go a lot deeper. Also, dude, China bank is not the preferred nomenclature

By Joshua Davidovich

December 18, 2013
12:45 pm

PM accused of abandoning US terror victim’s family

In court filing, parents of slain American teen Daniel Wultz say Netanyahu blocked crucial testimony to protect trip to China

By Lazar Berman and AP

December 18, 2013
1:19 am

Family of US bombing victim wants ex-Israeli agent to testify

Attorneys for relatives of Daniel Wultz, killed in 2006 Tel Aviv attack, seek Uzi Shaya’s testimony against Bank of China

By JTA

December 17, 2013
2:55 pm

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi addressing the United Nations in September. photo credit: UN/Paulo Filgueiras)

As China FM visits, high tech may take backseat to diplomacy

Wang Yi to travel to Israel, West Bank; seeks to study region for Beijing even as Netanyahu wants expanding economic cooperation to be at fore

By Raphael Ahren

November 16, 2013
7:34 pm

The coffin of Daniel Wultz, covered by a Jewish prayer shawl and a folded American flag, during a memorial service at a Jerusalem synagogue before transferring his body to the US for burial, on May 15, 2006. (photo credit: AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israel files to quash testimony in Bank of China terrorism case

With eye on ties with Beijing, government cites ‘national security’ as reason for move in case against Chinese bank sued for funding Palestinian terror groups

By AP and Times of Israel staff

November 12, 2013
9:45 am

Bank of China anti-terrorism case makes waves in US, Israel

Families of terror victims suing state owned Chinese bank for allegedly funding Palestinian terror groups through its US branch

By Josef Federman

July 18, 2013
2:13 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) in March 2012. (photo credit: Courtesy House Foreign Affairs Committee)

Congresswoman urges Israelis to testify in terror financing case

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen says officials should provide evidence that Bank of China knowingly laundered Jihadist funds, despite Netanyahu deal with Beijing

July 17, 2013
3:19 am

Israel backing away from Bank of China terror financing case

Topic: Bank of China

From Israel to Colombia, who’s laundering money in China

Criminal networks, including Israeli ones, increasingly turn to Chinese financial institutions to hide ill-gotten funds

How a French-Israeli grifter became a money-laundering pioneer in China

Convicted con man Gilbert Chikli, sentenced in absentia to seven years in prison by a French court last year but living openly in Ashdod, is credited with masterminding a fraud that has cost companies $1.8 billion. To get away with it, he became the first of many to look east

Guantanamo Bay closure chief represented Jewish terror victim

Lee Wolosky, charged with shuttering US detention facility, took on case of Daniel Wultz’s family against Bank of China

US court asks Belgium to compel terror suspect’s testimony

Lawyers for the family of US teen killed in Tel Aviv bombing want witness found after six years to testify in Bank of China case

Ex-congressman Cantor subpoenaed in Bank of China case

Former majority leader called to testify in civil terror case in New York

DC prayer event pays homage to teen killed in Tel Aviv attack

As family continues legal battle over 2006 suicide bombing, Daniel Wultz’s commitment to prayer remembered on Capitol Hill

Victims’ families sue Livni in terror funding case

Shurat HaDin demands High Court step in after justice minister ignores information request in proceedings against Chinese bank

The China bank is not the issue here, dude

… according to the PM, who maintains cooperating with a US terror case would jeopardize security. But the case seems to go a lot deeper. Also, dude, China bank is not the preferred nomenclature

PM accused of abandoning US terror victim’s family

In court filing, parents of slain American teen Daniel Wultz say Netanyahu blocked crucial testimony to protect trip to China

Family of US bombing victim wants ex-Israeli agent to testify

Attorneys for relatives of Daniel Wultz, killed in 2006 Tel Aviv attack, seek Uzi Shaya’s testimony against Bank of China

As China FM visits, high tech may take backseat to diplomacy

Wang Yi to travel to Israel, West Bank; seeks to study region for Beijing even as Netanyahu wants expanding economic cooperation to be at fore

Israel files to quash testimony in Bank of China terrorism case

With eye on ties with Beijing, government cites ‘national security’ as reason for move in case against Chinese bank sued for funding Palestinian terror groups

Bank of China anti-terrorism case makes waves in US, Israel

Families of terror victims suing state owned Chinese bank for allegedly funding Palestinian terror groups through its US branch

Congresswoman urges Israelis to testify in terror financing case

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen says officials should provide evidence that Bank of China knowingly laundered Jihadist funds, despite Netanyahu deal with Beijing

Israel backing away from Bank of China terror financing case

Netanyahu decision to keep Israeli official from testifying in case reportedly roiling relations with Obama administration

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