Algeria Judicial Council.. Seek sentences between 3 and 12 years in prison in the Sonatrach case Sonatrach case – Al-Hiwar Al-Jazaeryia

Today, Tuesday, the Attorney General of the Algerian Judicial Council sought penalties ranging from 3 to 12 years in prison against the defendants following up in the Sonatrach case on charges related to corruption, including 3 former general managers of this company.
The Public Prosecution sought a sentence of 12 years in prison against former minister Ammar Ghoul and the two former general managers of Sonatrach Abdel Moumen Ould Kaddour and Mohamed Meziane.
A penalty of 10 years in prison was also sought against former Minister Noureddine Boutarfa, 5 years in prison for the former CEO of Sonatrach, Abdel Hamid Zarqin, and penalties ranging from 3 to 8 years in prison against the rest of the defendants, accused of “squandering public funds, embezzlement, and concluding illegal deals.” legal legislation”.
The appeal of the first instance rulings issued by the penal pole specialized in economic and financial cases at the Sidi M’hamed Court comes after convicting the defendants of penalties ranging from 20 years in prison to innocence on charges included in the Prevention and Combating Corruption Law.
Last January, the National Financial and Economic Penal Pole of the Sidi M’hamed Court convicted the former Minister of Energy and Mines, Chakib Khalil, to 20 years in prison, and the former Foreign Minister, Mohamed Bedjaoui, to 5 years in prison, with the support of the international arrest warrant against them.