Tunisia Jails Ex Prime Minister and Billionaire in Major Corruption Ruling

A Tunisian court sentenced former Prime Minister Youssef Chahed and several ex-ministers to six years in prison on corruption charges and imposed hefty fines, while businessman Marouan Mabrouk received a 20-year sentence for money laundering and embezzlement. The ruling, criticized by a former minister as politically motivated, comes amid the backdrop of President Kais Saied’s underperforming ‘criminal reconciliation’ commission intended to recover funds looted prior to the 2011 revolution.