The Sixth Criminal Chamber specializing in financial corruption cases sentenced businessman Youssef Mimouni to more than thirty years in prison.
The judgment, rendered by the Tunis court of first instance, concerns seven separate cases linked to customs and financial offenses. Two members of his family also received prison sentences with fines, reports Mosaique fm.
Relatives also sentenced
The specialized court handed down a total of more than thirty years in prison against Youssef Mimouni, accompanied by heavy fines. The cases grouped together concern customs offenses, financial irregularities and alleged corrupt practices. This judgment is part of a series of proceedings opened for several months by the economic and financial judicial center.
The same criminal chamber rendered decisions against two relatives of the businessman: one was sentenced to five years in prison with fines, while another relative received three years in prison, also with fines. These convictions demonstrate the scope of the case and the involvement of several members of the family circle in the offenses examined.
Seven files brought together before the specialized chamber
The prosecution near the economic and financial center had decided to refer Youssef Mimouni to the sixth criminal chamber in the context of seven cases linked to financial corruption. These cases concerned customs breaches, irregularities in commercial operations and various financial arrangements deemed illegal. The grouping of these files allowed the court to rule on a series of offenses in the same decision.
This conviction is among the heaviest cases recently handled by the specialized chambers. It is part of a context of intensification of prosecutions targeting economic and customs offenses. The judgment confirms the desire of the judicial authorities to deal firmly with the financial crimes which have marked recent years.
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