Police investigating senior Transportation Ministry officials who held additional jobs: "Suspicion of conflict of interest"
Police are investigating a suspicion of conflict of interest against two senior officials in the Transportation Ministry involved in granting approvals for foreign flight security. Dvir Rubenstein, employed as an outsourced aviation safety officer, simultaneously advised foreign airlines for payment. Avri Cohen, head of the Security Division, is employed as a security officer abroad without approval from the Civil Service Commission.
Police have launched an investigation into a suspicion of conflict of interest against two senior officials in the Transportation Ministry, who are involved in granting approvals for security of foreign flights to Israel. The first official, Dvir Rubenstein, is employed as an outsourced aviation safety officer, while simultaneously advising foreign airlines for payment. An investigation by Kan News revealed that Rubenstein, owner of "Smart Security," conducted paid training sessions in the United States for airlines, through which the companies received exemptions from the need to use the services of "Premier." The company was registered in October 2024 and its activities were defined as aviation security consulting and training. Among the companies that received training: "Flydubai" and "Emirates." The second official, Avri Cohen, head of the Security Division, is also employed as a security officer abroad in the "Ofek" system without approval from the Civil Service Commission. The affair came to light in the context of an incident where an Omani pilot boarded as a co-pilot on a Flydubai flight to Israel, and senior security officials accused the Transportation Ministry's Security Division of negligent conduct that enabled this.