On Wednesday, the Algerian judiciary punished Abdelmalek Sallal and Ahmed Ouyahia, the two former prime ministers, with a 10-year prison sentence and a fine of four thousand dollars each, in the case of granting undue privileges to the businessman, Mohieddine Takkout.

Sayed M'hamed's court acquitted Sallal and Ouyahia of the misdemeanor of bribery and false statements.

This is the third sentence issued against Sallal and Ouyahia since their imprisonment last year on corruption charges.

The court also convicted Abd al-Salam Bushawar, the former Minister of Industry, of 20 years imprisonment in absentia with an international arrest warrant, while Ammar Ghoul, the former Minister of Transport and Public Works, was convicted of three years in prison, and Youssef Youssefi, the former Minister of Industry, with two years in prison, with each being fined $ 2,500 .

The main suspect, Muhyiddin Tahkout, was convicted of 16 years in prison, with a fine of 65 thousand dollars, and the confiscation of all his property. His son Bilal and his two brothers Hamid Bilal were also condemned to 7 years in prison, while they were also fined with 65 thousand dollars, while his brother Nasser was punished with 3 years. Imprisonment and 8 million dinars fine.

All the property of the defendants from the Tahkout family and Al-Hijr family were confiscated on their bank accounts.

The court also convicted both transportation and agriculture companies for Tahkout of a fine of one million dinars in force, while excluding them from concluding deals for a period of 5 years.

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