{"id":171690,"date":"2026-06-22T08:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T08:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/171690\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T08:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T08:37:09","slug":"head-of-local-authority-detained-by-lahav-433-on-suspicion-of-public-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/171690\/","title":{"rendered":"Head of local authority detained by Lahav 433 on suspicion of public corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"

The head of a local authority has been detained by the National Fraud<\/a> Investigation Unit in Lahav 433 on Monday on suspicion of involvement in public corruption.<\/p>\n

Searches are being conducted in the homes of officials and authority offices, and additional senior officials have been summoned for investigation.<\/p>\n

According to the Israel Police<\/a>, the investigation “is being supported by additional enforcement and supervisory bodies that cooperate, each according to their field of activity, including the Civil Administration, the Tax Authority, the Electric Company, the Civil Attorney’s Office, the Land Enforcement Authority, and more.”<\/p>\n

Simultaneously, enforcement actions are being taken at several sites in the council’s territory in cooperation with additional enforcement and supervisory bodies. The investigation is in its early stages, and additional actions are expected.<\/p>\n

Last week, a well-known soccer player<\/a> from a top Israeli team was arrested by the Israel Police<\/a> on suspicion of “systematic” gambling and match fixing.<\/p>\n

The player was arrested by officers from Lahav 433\u2019s Sports Gambling and Bribery Division, as part of an investigation into a gang from Migdal Ha’emek led by Lahav 433’s Northern Economic Crime Unit. The active soccer player is suspected of large-scale illegal gambling, match fixing, money laundering offenses, and tax violations, allegedly committed together with others.<\/p>\n

Officials at the team where the player is under contract were reportedly surprised to learn of the case on Sunday morning. The club is expected to review the details, and if the allegations prove credible and substantiated, it may move to terminate his contract.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The head of a local authority has been detained by the National Fraud Investigation Unit in Lahav 433…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[33],"tags":[1105,29761,37,30461,52972,1103],"class_list":["post-171690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-crime","tag-fraud","tag-israel","tag-lahav-433","tag-national-fraud-unit","tag-police"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116792855344789738","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}