Yesterday, the Tunisian prosecutor’s office appealed the decision of the judiciary to leave at large the head of the Ennahda movement, Racheda Ghannouchi, after being interrogated on charges of money laundering related to transfers from abroad to the Namaa Townes charity, in an investigative session that lasted about 10 hours.
The document, issued by an investigating judge at the Anti-Terrorism Judicial Pole, brought heavy and serious charges against Ghannouchi, including “deliberately joining a terrorist organization linked to the terrorist crimes that took place in Tunisia and forming a terrorist agreement, in addition to using the territory of the Tunisian Republic and the territory of a foreign state to attract and train a group of persons for the purpose of committing terrorist crimes on the territory of the Republic and beyond its borders.
Ghannouchi is also accused of “directly or indirectly donating, collecting or providing funds knowing that their purpose is to finance the commission of terrorist crimes, or their use by persons, organizations or activities related to terrorist crimes, as well as funding people’s travel abroad.” join a terrorist organization or receive training.”
He is also accused of “concealing or facilitating the concealment of the true source of funds or profits belonging to individuals or entities, regardless of their form, or accepting their contributions under a pseudonym, or merging them, knowing that their purpose is to finance persons, organizations or activities, related to terrorist crimes.
