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Illustrative photo of a Spanish Civil Guard policeman detaining a suspect in Madrid, Spain. February 17, 2016 (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
March 29, 2016, 1:25 am
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
Gilbert Chikli, 50, and his wife, Shirly Chikli, 31, pose at their home in Ashdod on March 28, 2016. (AP/Oded Balilty)
March 29, 2016, 12:05 am
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
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)
July 1, 2015, 4:48 pm
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
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)
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
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)
September 23, 2014, 3:10 pm
Ex-congressman Cantor subpoenaed in Bank of China case
Former majority leader called to testify in civil terror case in New York
By JTA
Yekutiel and Sheryl Wultz with Debbie Wasserman Schultz (center), Thursday, May 1, 2014. (photo credit: Courtesy)
May 2, 2014, 12:08 pm
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
Justice Minister Tzipi Livni (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90/File)
January 14, 2014, 7:27 pm
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
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)
December 18, 2013, 2:33 pm
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
Daniel Wultz (photo credit: courtesy)
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
Daniel Wultz (photo credit: courtesy)
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
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi addressing the United Nations in September. photo credit: UN/Paulo Filgueiras)
December 17, 2013, 2:55 pm
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
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)
November 16, 2013, 7:34 pm
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 TOI staff
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)
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
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) in March 2012. (photo credit: Courtesy House Foreign Affairs Committee)
July 18, 2013, 2:13 am
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
Netanyahu decision to keep Israeli official from testifying in case reportedly roiling relations with Obama administration
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