Air Algerie workers Implicated in smuggling money to Istanbul

The case was returned after an appeal challenging the verdict to the Supreme Court, as the accused previously stood trial at Sidi M'hamed court, then at the Judicial Council in 2010, and the accused in the case are a trader who work illegally in the foreign currency market "Closale" in the capital, and who is now on the run, and known with a nickname "Tayzon," who is also the mastermind of the smuggling operations, the daily Echorouk reported.

He was punished with five years in prison, while the remaining defendants were sentenced to six months and two years in prison, and they are the Director of Programming flights, head of Stewards in charge of transferring the crew and flight attendants, but the person who reported on the smuggling operation was declared non guilty.

The accused were pursued on charges of organizing a criminal gang, violation of the legislation on exchange and capital movement to and from abroad, and the misuse of position, as everyone of them is obliged to pay 12 billion centimes as a penalty.