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The 2016 deal has been under public scrutiny since it emerged
that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's personal lawyer
also represented the local agent of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems,
which was set to build the vessels.
Thyssenkrupp said its internal probe of the matter was over for
now. It said it was limited by not being allowed to conduct its
own investigation in Israel and not having the powers that
prosecutors or police have.
"Based on the investigative measures we were able to carry out,
we found no concrete indications of corruption – neither with
regard to submarine projects, nor in connection with the
procurement of corvettes," it said.
"However, these investigation results are explicitly
provisional," it added.
The steel-to-elevators group declined to comment on Israeli
media reports that the signing of the deal by Israel and Germany
for the purchase of three submarines had been postponed in the
wake of the ongoing corruption investigation in Israel.
Officials at both the German chancellery and defense ministry
declined comment on the postponement. German government
officials have previously declined comment on the investigation
and proceedings in Israel, describing it as an internal matter
for Israel.
Last week, three suspects were remanded in custody and a fourth
ordered held under house arrest after Israeli police questioned
six public officials and private citizens on suspicion of
corruption relating to the deal.
Thyssenkrupp has suspended its relationship with its agent for
the deal, Mickey Ganor, and is not currently the subject of
German or Israeli investigations, it said.
(Reporting by Tom Kaeckenhoff, Andrea Shalal and Andreas Rinke;
Writing by Georgina Prodhan; Editing by Maria Sheahan and Susan
Thomas)
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