A ThyssenKrupp Dolphin submarine for Israel. Israel's justice ministry said on Monday it had launched an investigation into alleged corruption surrounding a submarine deal which reportedly involves people close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Law enforcement agencies have been looking in recent months into the deal to buy Dolphin submarines from Germany's ThyssenKrupp. Some of the police evidence raise suspicions that some of the people involved have committed "crimes pertaining to public corruption," it said. Netanyahu himself is being investigated over corruption suspicions, reportedly involving receiving gifts from Israeli businessman and Hollywood producer Arnon Milchan.

Source: The Local February 28, 2017 08:06 UTC