Martin Schlaff

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Martin Schlaff (born August 6, 1953) is an Austrian millionare entrepreneur.

Schlaff was born in Vienna, Austria to Jewish refugees from WWII.

Together with his brother James he took over the commercial firm Robert Placzek AG. Thereafter, he was predominantly active in trade with East Germany. He maintained good contacts with the German Democratic Republic and the communist party of Austria. After the German Reunification, there was an investigation that Shlaff illegally transferred technological know-how to the German Democratic Republic. In addition, he was suspected for money laundering. The investigation ended in 2000 without any charges.

In 1998, he (with a partnership company partly owned by Yasir Arafat) opened a casino in Jericho, Palestine. Named "The Oasis", it was meant meant for Israelis who could not gamble in Israel due to it's illegality. It was closed, however, during the Second Intifada.

In 2002, Schlaff used his influence to cause the Austrian Federal Government's normalization of relations with Israel. In 2003, Ambassadors were sent to Austria.

In 2006, he was investigated by the Isreli police for bribing Ariel Sharon.

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