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Former Minister Abdelwahid Temmar sentenced to seven years for money laundering in Algeria
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Abdelwahid Temmar, former Minister of Housing, has been sentenced to seven years in prison and fined one million dinars for money laundering. The Economic and Financial Penal Division of Sidi M'hamed also ordered him to pay an additional 100,000 dinars to the Public Treasury. Temmar was charged with habitual money laundering and exploiting his position for organized criminal activity, as per Article 389 bis 2 of the Penal Code and Article 42 of Law 06-01 on preventing and combating corruption. The case originated from suspicions raised by a parental authorization he signed for his minor son to travel to Spain, while Temmar was incarcerated at Koléa prison. Investigators also suspected he owned real estate in Spain, which he denied, along with claims of not holding foreign bank accounts or signing related powers of attorney. This is not Temmar's first conviction; he previously received a three-year sentence for offenses during his tenure as wali of Mostaganem, involving illegal permits for summer camps on forest land, abuse of office, and false asset declarations. The Sidi M'hamed division, which has handled other significant corruption cases, delivered a sentence that was less than the public prosecutor's request of ten years but still substantial. Another case involving an individual with a similar name, Abdelhamid Temmar, former Minister of Participations, is also pending before the same division, with an international arrest warrant issued against him in connection with a
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