Special report: Palestine-Israel Relations

    JERUSALEM, May 13 (Xinhua) -- Detectives from Israeli fraud squad on Tuesday raided the Ministry of Trade and Industry in a bid to find documents in the widening corruption investigation into Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's conduct, local daily Ha'aretz reported on its website.

    Olmert is suspected of illicitly accepting large sums of cash from the Jewish American businessman and fund-raiser Morris Talansky. Some of the donations are believed to have taken place during Olmert's 10-year tenure as mayor of Jerusalem.

    On Monday, National Fraud investigation Unit officers raided the offices of the Jerusalem municipality, also searching for evidence in the probe.

    Detectives Monday were looking for evidence that during his tenure as Jerusalem mayor, Olmert, had given Talansky benefits or other assistance in exchange for bribes.

    Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said fraud squad detectives had seized documents that were connected to Olmert's tenure as mayor from 1993 to 2003, but had no further details on their contents.