Tunisian Court Jails Businessman Mabrouk and Former Officials for Corruption

A Tunisian court sentenced Marouan Mabrouk, the country's richest businessman and son-in-law of former President Ben Ali, to prison for corruption, including money laundering and stealing from state companies. Former Prime Minister Youssef Chahed and several ex-ministers received six-year sentences and fines for their roles in lifting an asset freeze on Mabrouk. Chahed, sentenced in absentia while in the US, denied wrongdoing, calling the charges politically motivated. The sentences follow a government effort to recover funds from alleged financial corruption.