Tobacco Trafficking: the STAEM Scandal Takes a New Turn with New Arrests - Algeria Patriotique - Algeria International News Journal
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In order to stop the price surge before the "sacrifice feast", more than 1 million sheep were imported into the country. But this large-scale operation, wanted by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, finds itself at the heart of a vast judicial scandal.
After the import of more than one million sheep into Algeria for Eid-el-Kébir, these arrivals are the subject of a wide-ranging investigation which embarrasss the Algerian power.
The investigating judge of the second chamber of the economic and financial crimes division in Sidi M'hamed ordered the pre-trial detention of the acting director general of the tobacco company STAEM, as well as several company executives, private operators, and wholesalers, on Monday night. This order was issued in connection with an investigation into alleged corruption. According to the daily newspaper Echorouk, the accused appeared before th…
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