There are sanctions that make you want to laugh yellow. A Tunisian official was arrested after accepting money to intervene in favor of a woman who was looking for authorizations for her commercial project … but never did the promised work. In short, he is punished for not having completed an act of corruption.
Mosaic FM reports that part of the money has been seized and that a deposit warrant was issued against it. The source does not specify the ministry concerned, only the nature of the “deal”: administrative facilities against money. Receiving an undue advantage is enough to trigger criminal liability, even if you have never lifted your little finger.
The irony is total: it is not an effective official in his corruption, but a lazy corrupt. Tunisian justice shows that, in the country, unrealized corruption can be just as dangerous as that fully executed. A lesson for all those who think they can play with public money: it is better to complete your “contract” … or end up in prison.
