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Barak considers breaking off business relations with Jeffrey Epstein

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Published: 16 July 2019

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Disgraced US businessman, already convicted of sex trafficking, invested millions of dollars in an Israeli start-up company, of which former PM has a controlling stake

Barak says considering breaking off business relations with Jeffrey Epstein (Haaretz)
Epstein invested millions of dollars in Carbyne, an Israeli start-up company in which former prime minister and current election candidate Ehud Barak is the controlling shareholder

Labor and Meretz officials say Barak’s ties to Epstein hurt chances of merger (Times of Israel)
Left wing parties reluctant to partner with former PM in light of his links to financier at centre of sex trafficking scandal, worrying it could hurt their anti-corruption image

Revealed: Jeffrey Epstein entered partnership worth millions with Ehud Barak in 2015 (Haaretz)
Epstein bankrolled a considerable part of Barak's investment in a startup called Reporty Homeland Security; Barak says they are private investments

Alan Dershowitz helped Jeffrey Epstein secure his controversial plea deal. He has no regrets (JTA)

Photo: Barak announcing the establishment of a new political party, June 26 (Flash90)
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