Swiss Minister of Justice, Beat Jans, began a two -day visit to Algeria on Sunday. On the menu of his discussions with his Algerian counterpart Lotfi Boudjemaa, the question relating to the recovery of diverted funds and filed in Switzerland in different forms.
Since the fall of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in April 2019, after 20 years of reign, Algeria has launched surveys on the Great Corruption which led to the conviction of several politicians and oligarchs to heavy prison terms.
At the same time, she launched an operation to recover the money transferred illegally abroad by those sentenced by justice. The hunt concerns around thirty countries.
Switzerland, which is among the destination countries of these funds, says it is ready to cooperate with Algeria to recover them. This is indicated by his Minister of Justice this Monday, June 30.
Diverted funds: Switzerland wants to help Algeria recover “ people’s money »
« Cooperation between our two countries has recorded a clear evolution in recent years […] We have discussed the return of diverted funds, and Switzerland is determined to cooperate with Algeria in this area to help them recover money from the Algerian people “He said at the microphone of Algerian television after a working meeting between the two ministers.
This is not the first time that Switzerland has displayed its availability to help Algeria recover diverted money. In 2020, his ambassador in Algiers expressed the same commitment from the Swiss government.
« We have discussed cooperation in criminal justice “, In particular the” recovery of diverted funds “Said the Algerian Minister of Justice, adding that” Very positive cooperation Was recorded in this area.
Algeria presented Switzerland at least two recovery files for diverted funds. The first concerns the former Minister of Industry and Mines, Abdeslam Bouchouareb and the second, the former energy minister, Chakib Khelil. These two old figures of the reign of Bouteflika are on the run abroad. The first is in France where the justice system refused to extradite it to Algeria and the second took the path of the United States.
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