Slim Chiboub gets 4 years in prison and many millions to pay

The Criminal Chamber in charge of financial corruption cases at the Tunis Court of Appeal convicted businessman Slim Chiboub to 4 years in jail for two cases, 2 years for each case. That’s not all, Chiboub is struck by heavy financial sanctions, several million dinars, reports Mosaïque FM this Friday July 12…

The first judgment concerns an oil company in which the businessman holds shares. He was initially condemned to 6 years in prison but appealed the verdict. The Criminal Chamber reduced his sentence to 2 years.

The second case is related to the “Marina Gammarth”, for which a first judgment set 8 years in prison. Here too the Tunis Court of Appeal reduced the prison sentence to 2 years.