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

Maariv Internet Site ^ | 12/16/02 | Maariv

[yonif]

Translation from hebrew:

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.

The LINK TO THE AUCTION:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2150069218

[weegee]

I'd still like to see any followup articles on this auction up to the point that the Israelli Embassy or this woman is in possession of the stolen passport.

Now that the passport has surfaced, it can be retrieved. May unearth the sale of other stolen passports.

[ganesha]

When you do an ebay search under 2150069218 you get a response telling you that the sale is invalid.

Invalid Item
The item you requested ( 2150069218 ) is invalid, still pending, or no longer in our database. Please check the number and try again. If this message persists, the item has either not started and is not yet available for viewing, or has expired and is no longer available.

But when you do a search under item 2150065420 which is the passport of Hiu Ngai, it tells you that the sale is complete and valid. They need to do some follow up work on the other stolen passports.

[ganesha]

see post 43