The 15ᵉ Criminal Chamber of the Tunis Court of Appeal sentenced, on May 28, 2025, the businessman Samir Jaieb to two years in prison. This decision lightened a previous sentence of five years and one month pronounced in February 2025 by the sixth criminal chamber of the Tunis court of first instance.
Active in the tourism and real estate sectors, Samir Jaieb was the subject of prosecution for illegal possession of foreign currencies and opening a bank account abroad without authorization from the Central Bank. The prosecution of the economic and financial judicial center had ordered its arrest, referring it to justice for these crimes.
In parallel, the businessman is involved in two other cases still in instruction, one of which concerns suspicions of money laundering. He had been placed in detention in October 2024 as part of a vast investigation into alleged facts of corruption, mismanagement and money laundering.
