Israeli Passport is for Sale on Ebay [TERRORISM][translation]

The website Ebay is offering a Israeli passport for whoever pays the most. The highest bid is $51.

The buyer who bid the most on the passport is a resident of Columbia, who signed up on the site today, as it looks just to take part in this auction of the passport.

The passport belongs to an Israeli women from Hadera, Sharon Degel, and it is being sold by an annonymous from Lima, the capital of Peru. She says that the passport was stolen from her a half a year ago while she was visiting in Peru. 2 days before the flight, she was robbed in Lima, stealing her passport and plane tickets. She went to the Israeli Embassy in Peru and a new passport was issued to her. Today, when she found out her passport was being sold on the public auction site, she called the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the police. At the Ministry of Foreign affairs no one has been put in charge, and the police they said that the issue will be given to the right division. "Until the right division takes care of the issue, my passport will be sold and someone will start to travel the world with my passport," she said this evening.

An Israeli passport is considered a "neccessity" among terrorist activists and organizations that could, after a few easy changes, to use it to committ terrorist attacks.

There is no doubt that a women terrorist with Israeli looks could get on a plane easier using this passport (after the picture was changed). In the same way a women terrorist could use it to get by IDF checkpoints between the green line and Israel.

Nonetheless we are talking about a real Israeli passport and not a fake, which changes could be made by skilled people easily.

The Ministry of the Interior has stated in response that this is in the criminal bracket of activity, that needs to be given to the Israeli Police for it to be taken care of. The Police office has stated that the issue is being investigated.

Likely. You could also have retracted your bid.

eBay has prohibitions on the sale of stolen items. This woman has declared that her passport was stolen. The auction should have been cancelled long ago.

She should pursue the matter until her original passport is in her hands.

Here are several prohibitions on these auctions:

Government Identification, Licenses and Transportation Security The following items may not be listed on eBay:
Items that claim to be, or to look similar to, official government identification documents or licenses, such as birth certificates, drivers licenses or passports. Further, completed applications for such documents containing personal information may not be listed.
Current vehicle license plates, or plates that claim to resemble such current licenses. Collectible vehicle license plates that are at least 5 years old may be listed.
Any item that is primarily used to alter identification documents, licenses or plates.
Fake identification cards, or any items that are designed for the manufacturer of such cards.
Any article of clothing or identification relating to transportation security or employment with any transportation related industry, including but not limited to, articles of commercial airline pilot's uniforms, steward or stewardess uniforms, baggage or airport service uniforms, mass transit train or subway related uniforms.
Vintage commercial airline, train or subway clothing such as ties, scarves, jackets and similar items, may be sold so long as the item description clearly states that the item is at least 10 years old, is no longer in use by the airline and does not resemble any piece of the airline's current uniform.
Any official internal, non-public documents, manuals or other materials related to mass commercial public transportation, including internal manuals put out by commercial airlines, or entities operating subways, trains or buses

I suspect some stolen items are for sale on eBay

I suspect some stolen items are for sale on eBay
To promote a safe trading environment for its users, eBay prohibits its users from selling stolen property on the eBay web site and is dedicated to working closely with law enforcement to prevent this unlawful activity. If you see an item on eBay that you believe is stolen, your best course is to contact law enforcement immediately. In accordance with its published privacy policy, eBay will respond promptly to properly submitted requests for information related to possible sales of stolen property.
If you do contact a law enforcement officer, please let the office know that eBay would be pleased to cooperate in the investigation and ask the officer to contact us using the Rules and Safety Webform located at the following web address: http://pages.ebay.com/help/basics/select-RS.html

Looks like the only way that eBay may look at this if someone reports the stolen passport to law enforcement.

The high bidder could report the issue to eBay since he has a pending transaction with the seller. The woman in Israel needs to be contacted (otherwise you may be mentioned in the press as "buying" a passport for questionable means).

eBay is a joke and has continually insulated themselves from direct contact.

The shill bidder who outbid and then retracted the bid also makes this a suspect auction (some bidders will do this so they can snipe only on auctions that are within their budget).

I reported a violating auction one time and never heard back and saw that the auction was allowed to proceed to completion. That eBay stops legitimate auctions is more baffling.

If you aren't pro-active in this, eBay may try to collect their auction commission from you.

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