The investigation began in 2020 when the Tax Authority and the police recruited an undercover agent code named "Jack Sparrow." Posing as a customs inspector, the agent was strategically placed at Ashdod Port, where he began building relationships with importers and customs officials.
Today, 400 tonnes of food have reached Ashdod port via Larnaca in Cyprus to be loaded into trucks and head to Gaza to deliver urgently needed aid to meet the needs of the people of Gaza.
Ashdod Customs and the National Cargo Inspection Center at Customs detained for inspection two containers weighing 54 tons that were supposed to contain sacks of gypsum.