Tunisian Court Extends Detention of 13 Goldsmiths and Chief of Sfax's Guarantee Office
The Tunisian court has extended the detention of 13 goldsmiths and the chief of Sfax's Guarantee Office for five days. The investigations involve allegations of money laundering and gold tampering.
The public prosecutor's office at the Court of First Instance in Tunis has extended the detention of 13 goldsmiths and the chief of Sfax's Guarantee Office for five days.
The investigations are focused on financial irregularities and the detection of suspicious cash flows within the gold trade and transactions in the region.
Security forces continue to interrogate the suspects and document unreported commercial transactions before their referral to the judiciary.
These investigations are being conducted by the branch of economic and financial investigations in Cergane as part of a deeper inquiry into allegations of money laundering and tampering with gold.