Tunisia · Sunday, 25 October 2026
Tunisian judge issues 18 arrest warrants in the gold-laundering case police broke up this month
A Tunisian investigating judge has issued 18 pretrial detention warrants in the gold-laundering case this paper has followed since 20 October, when police said 13 suspects were held; six more Sfax jewellers were added to custody on 22 October. Investigators now say the network used shell companies and falsified supplier records to launder close to two tonnes of gold over six years. The case's earlier seizures stand: more than 70 kilograms of gold, 4.5 kilograms of silver, nine luxury cars and cash, worth close to 25 million dinars in total.