Justice refused, this Monday, September 1, 2025, the request to release the businessman Youssef Mimouni and five other defendants. Pursued in a financial corruption case, they will remain in detention until their next appearance scheduled for September 25.
The sixth Correctional Chamber BIS of the Tunis Court of First Instance, specializing in financial corruption affairs, AA today refused the request for the release of the businessman Youssef Mimouni, as well as five other defendants. The court also decided to postpone the examination of the case to September 25, reports Mosaique FM.
The charges
The economic and financial judicial center had expressed deposit mandates against Youssef Mimouni and several co -accused, including an employee of a private airline and a customs agent.
They are prosecuted for facts related to the constitution of assets abroad without the authorization of the Central Bank, and attempted illegal transfer of capital abroad.
As a reminder, the prosecution of the economic and financial judicial center had expressed deposit mandates against Youssef Mimouni, his wife, their son and three other people.
Judicial history
In another case, the criminal chamber specializing in financial corruption affairs to the Tunis court of first instance had sentenced Youssef Mimouni to two years in prison on May 5.
In this case, Mimouni and another defendant were accused of having abused their functions to obtain industrial advantages to the detriment of public administration. The facts concerned suspicions of financial and administrative corruption linked to the maritime public domain.
In addition, Youssef Mimouni, one of his relatives, as well as executives from a public bank, including a former director general, had been targeted in November 2024, by a warrant for a case of suspicions of granting bank loans by bypassing the regulations in force.
