In the 1980s Israel started sending school children to Poland to see Nazi camps such as Auschwitz. These trips are now at the heart of a new scandal writes Adam Taylor:

• The cost of the trips has long been a sore point for Israeli families. Poorer students can’t afford the US$1,300 usually required.
• The Israeli government gave tenders to a number of tour operators to manage the trips. Having multiple ones was meant to bring down prices.
• However Israeli authorities now believe that the companies were illegally coordinating with each other to fix prices and keep profits high.
• There are also allegations that some of the companies paid bribes.

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Source: The Washington Post

Via: Marginal Revolution