Intel collection

FORMER MOSSAD AGENTS WORKED ON WEINSTEIN'S BEHALF, REPORT CLAIMS

US film producer Harvey Weinstein contracted former Mossad agents to track down and ultimately silence women preparing to accuse him of sexual assault, says a report published in The New Yorker.

Weinstein, the magazine reported on Monday, retained the services of Black Cube – a firm that describes itself on its website as “a select group of veterans from the Israeli elite intelligence units specializing in tailored solutions to complex business and litigation challenges” – in fall 2016. The firm has a branch in Tel Aviv, but operates across Europe and the United States.

The explicit goal of Weinstein’s agreement with Black Cube, according to a written contract, was to “stop the publication of the abuse allegations against Weinstein that eventually emerged,” according to the report, which has yet to be independently confirmed by The Jerusalem Post.

Ronan Farrow, who authored the piece, is one of the reporters who broke the original news that Weinstein had been accused of assaulting several women over the course of decades.

The tactics of Black Cube operatives include undercover intelligence collection through the use of aliases. They approached some of the women preparing to come forward as well as reporters investigating the case.