The investigating judge at the Tunis Court of First Instance issued an arrest warrant against the former mayor of La Goulette in connection with the case of arrested businessman Maher Chaabane.
As a reminder, the official spokesperson for the Court of First Instance of Tunis, Mohamed Zaitounah, said earlier this week that the prosecution had authorized agents of the first central brigade to investigate the case of complex financial crimes involving the National Guard in Aouina. They were to conduct vital research into suspicions of financial and administrative corruption related to the municipalities of La Goulette and El-Kram, implicating businessman Maher Chaabane, who is currently under arrest for customs violations, money laundering, and corruption of public officials.
Following this inquiry, it was decided to keep the former mayor of La Goulette under arrest for an initial 48 hours, then extend her detention for another 48 hours.
At the end of the preventive detention period, the former mayor was referred to the investigating judge of the Court of First Instance of Tunis, who issued a committal warrant against him. He is charged with “exploitation of a public official or equivalent of his capacity to receive an unjustified benefit for himself or others and to harm the administration.”
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