Tunisian Court Hands Down Prison Sentences in Financial Corruption Case
The specialized criminal chamber for financial corruption cases at the Tunis Court of First Instance sentenced a former customs official to five years in prison and a businessman, owner of a group of companies active in the export of tuna and sardines, to seven years in prison late yesterday evening.
This decision comes as part of a financial and administrative corruption case related to the export of these two products, according to a judicial source speaking to Diwan FM. As stated in the case file, the main accused, a customs official, used his position at the Dhehiba border office to fraudulently affix the customs stamp on two declarations, attesting to the exit of goods, when in fact these goods had not passed through the border post. This fraud caused harm to the administration.
