The criminal chamber specializing in the financial corruption affairs of the Tunis Court of First Instance examined on Monday a new case involving Ridha Charfeddine, his brother and other defendants.
The file concerns facts of money laundering, as well as tax and banking offenses. During the hearing, Ridha Charfeddine asked for the postponement of the trial in order to designate a lawyer to represent him. The Chamber acceded to its request and set the next hearing in November 2025, according to a judicial source cited by Diwan FM.
The businessman and former deputy has already been sentenced to 16 years in prison as part of the famous file relating to the conspiracy against state security.
Ridha Charfeddine was sentenced in several cases, notably for financial corruption. He received at first instance at three years in prison and a fine of 72 million dinars for facts related to the constitution of assets abroad without having informed the Central Bank of Tunisia or obtained his prior authorization. The appeal examination of this case was postponed.
He was also prosecuted and appeared in court for suspicions of money laundering, financial and banking crimes.
