Former minister amongst a number of folks jailed in corruption case that noticed jail sentences of between three and 10 years.
Printed On 21 Apr 2026
Former Algerian Trade Minister Ali Aoun has been sentenced to 5 years in jail after being convicted of corruption, native media reported.
Aoun, who was the minister for business and pharmaceutical manufacturing between 2022 and 2024, was jailed on Monday in a high-profile corruption case that noticed a number of senior figures convicted, the Algerian on-line information website Dzair Tube reported.
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Based on the information website, prosecutors had sought a 12-year sentence for the previous minister, and 10 yr sentences for a number of different defendants. Aoun was additionally ordered by the Financial and Monetary Prison Courtroom within the capital, Algiers, to pay a high-quality of 1 million Algerian dinar (roughly $7,500).
Native media stated the case revolved across the irregular gross sales of ferrous and non-ferrous steel waste in violation of public asset administration guidelines.
“The case centred on accusations of corruption, mismanagement and the illegal awarding of business and funding contracts, notably involving the commerce in ferrous waste and copper residues,” Dzair Tube reported.
The AFP information company stated that a number of different officers had been additionally convicted, although some had been acquitted on account of an absence of proof.
Amongst these convicted was the previous minister’s son, Mehdi Aoun, who was handed a six-year jail time period as a part of the identical case, whereas traders, an official at a state-owned enterprise and a distinguished businessman acquired sentences of between three and 10 years, in accordance with Dzair Tube.
The case and the convictions come amid an ongoing anticorruption drive launched by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who got here to energy in 2019 amid widespread pro-democracy protests.
Tebboune’s marketing campaign in opposition to corruption has focused senior officers, together with from the period of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, AFP reviews.
