Tunisia – Transport: Dismantling of a Money Laundering and Tax Evasion Network via Mobile Applications

The General Directorate of the National Guard announced that, as part of efforts to fight corruption and financial crimes, the National Unit for Complex Financial Crime Investigations, within the Intelligence and Investigations Directorate in Aouina, under the supervision of the Public Prosecutor of the Economic and Financial Judiciary Center, successfully uncovered suspicions of money laundering and tax evasion implicating companies managing passenger transport applications through individual taxis.

According to the same source, these companies were working without legal authorization, using false declarations, and utilizing undeclared bank accounts to transfer significant sums of money abroad, blatantly violating existing regulations.

Furthermore, investigations led to the seizure of nearly 12 million dinars in associated bank accounts, the cessation of their activities, removal from the National Business Register (RNE), and the closure of their headquarters.