Algeria jailed its former industry minister for 5 years over scrap-metal sales
Ali Aoun, Algeria's Minister of Industry and Pharmaceutical Production from March 2023 to November 2024 according to Algerie Eco, was sentenced on April 20, 2026 by the Sidi M'hamed court in Algiers (economic and financial criminal section) to five years in prison and a one-million-dinar fine. The case concerned irregular sales of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal to the detriment of the public group Imetal; Al Jazeera, citing the Algerian site Dzair Tube, describes the accusations as corruption, mismanagement and the unlawful awarding of industrial and investment contracts. Prosecutors had sought twelve years, and Aoun, who had appeared free, was placed in custody after the verdict; Algerie Eco reported he could appeal within ten days. His son Mehdi Aoun received six years in the same case, and businessman Abdennour Abdelmoula, presented as the principal defendant, received ten years.
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cinq ans de prison ferme et une amende d'un million de dinars
- Al Jazeera
Aoun was also ordered by the Economic and Financial Criminal Court in the capital, Algiers, to pay a fine of 1 million Algerian dinar (approximately $7,500).
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- Al Jazeera
sentenced Ali Aoun to five years in prison over accusations of corruption, mismanagement and the unlawful awarding of industrial and investment contracts
Former Algerian Industry Minister Ali Aoun has been sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of corruption, local media reported. ... Aoun was also ordered by the Economic and Financial Criminal Court in the capital, Algiers, to pay a fine of 1 million Algerian dinar (approximately $7,500).
L'ancien ministre de l'Industrie et de la Production pharmaceutique, Ali Aoun, a été condamné, ce lundi 20 avril, à cinq ans de prison ferme pour des faits de corruption ... Une amende d'un million de dinars a également été prononcée. L'affaire concerne des opérations de cession de déchets ferreux et non ferreux jugées irrégulières, au détriment du groupe public Imétal.
L'ancien ministre de l'Industrie et de la Production pharmaceutique, Ali Aoun, a été condamné, hier, à 5 ans de prison ferme et d'une amende d'un million de dinars. Il a été placé en détention immédiatement après l'annonce du verdict.
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The Algiers Court of Appeal upheld the Imetal convictions in principle but reduced former minister Ali Aoun's sentence from five years to three years, two of them to be served, with a one-million-dinar fine; his son Mehdi Aoun's term was cut from six to four years, and businessman Abdelnour A. ('Nounou Manita') received ten years. Source ↗