Abdel-Karim Suleiman, a leader of the terrorist Ennahda movement, accused of financial corruption
During this period, the Tunisian judiciary continues to dry up the resources of the Renaissance terrorist movement, the Muslim Brotherhood arm in Tunisia, and to eliminate the corruption that spread during the past dozens of years. The terrorist movement in the country is facing a state of disintegration and siege after the defections that hit its leaders, in addition to the successive painful blows and setbacks that it suffered following the decisions of Tunisian President Kais Saied.
On charges of money laundering and financial crimes during the decade of Muslim Brotherhood rule in Tunisia, police arrested Abdel-Karim Suleiman, an Ennahdha leader suspected of involvement in large suspicious financial flows.
Who is Abdel-Karim Suleiman?
Abdelkrim Slimane, a leading figure in Ennahda and one of Rached Ghannouchi’s men, is also in charge of the group’s funds of unknown origin in Tunisia.
In a major blow to the Brotherhood’s financial system, the Tunisian authorities overthrew Suleiman following the issuance of an arrest warrant against him on corruption charges throughout his decade as head of the organization.
During the past few years, Suleiman received more than 100 million dinars ($30 million) before depositing them inside the company’s front office using complicated methods. He also owns several properties worth millions of Tunisian dinars.
Suleiman was charged after other cases related to Tunisia’s national security, including the case of the terrorist-linked Nama’a Charity Organization, which is suspected of being involved in sending terrorists to hotbeds of tension.
Arrest details
Suleiman has been arrested by police on money laundering charges. He is suspected of being involved in obtaining suspicious financial flows from abroad after January 2011. He was accused of using sophisticated financial engineering to camouflage suspicious financial flows on his bank accounts, which were frozen with judicial authorization.
He was arrested at dawn last Saturday in the eastern port city of Monastir while he was hiding, in order to launder money.
