"Disgraced financier and former Israeli PM used surveillance tools honed under occupation of Palestine to secure resource and logistics deals in West Africa, investigation shows. Convicted American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak collaborated for more than a decade to profit from instability in Nigeria, marketing surveillance technology honed in the occupied Palestinian territory to gain access to the West African country's lucrative oil and logistics sectors, according to an investigation by Drop Site News (DSN)."
"A trove of emails originally released by the United States Department of Justice, the DSN investigation found, outlines how the late financier and the Israeli politician leveraged the Boko Haram rebellion to pitch field-proven security solutions to Nigerian officials. The correspondence indicates that these security deals were frequently utilised as a gateway for broader commercial interests, including infrastructure projects for DP World and investments in the energy sector."
"The revelations come days after Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem resigned as chairman of the Emirati logistics giant DP World on February 13 amid fallout from the disclosure of his close ties to Epstein. According to the documents, Epstein and Barak viewed the escalating violence in West Africa not as a humanitarian crisis but as a business opportunity. In a 2014 email (PDF) regarding civil unrest in Syria, Libya, and Somalia, Epstein wrote to Barak, isn't this perfect for you. Barak replied, You're right in a way. But not simple to transform it into a cash flow."
Jeffrey Epstein and Ehud Barak collaborated for more than a decade to market surveillance technologies developed under the occupation of Palestine to Nigerian officials. Emails released by the U.S. Department of Justice show the pair leveraged the Boko Haram rebellion to pitch field-proven security solutions as entry points to commercial opportunities. Security contracts served as gateways to infrastructure projects and energy investments, including ties to DP World. The correspondence frames regional violence as a business opportunity. Barak and a partner invested $15 million in FST Biometrics, a firm founded by a former head of Israeli military intelligence.
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