Latest Wikicable, from 2006:
U.S. businesses allege that corruption by Israeli officials at Karni crossing is impeding their access to the Gaza market. As of late May 34 shipments of American goods, amounting to nearly USD 1.9 million dollars, have been waiting three to four months to cross into Gaza. U.S. distributors assert they are being asked to pay “special fees” which amount to as much as 75 times the standard processing fee as quoted by GOI officials….
According to business contacts, allegations of corruption at Karni have a long history…
What does one get for $3,000 payment to move cargo? [Coca Cola distributor Joerg Hartmann (strictly protect)] … said that for that price, your truck is promised the first place in line or a spot near the head of the so-called “Israeli line” which does move. Hartmann said that usually two or three lines at Karni are reserved for Israeli companies/shippers, which he speculated pay a much lower amount to get their products across the border…
Hartmann claimed that a certain high-level official at the terminal heads the bribery ring…
Hartmann and representatives of Westinghouse, Caterpillar, Proctor & Gamble, and Philip Morris joined emboffs for a meeting on May 26 with Karni officials. During this meeting, the business representatives vociferously complained to Karni officials about the bribes they had to pay.
