Tunisia minister sacked and arrested in scandal over illegal waste from Italy 24 December, 2020 - 13:40
Mustapha Aroui held along with 22 others after 200 containers of decaying household and medical waste discovered in July
Tunisia’s environment minister has been arrested following the attempted importation of household and hospital waste from Italy.
Mustapha Aroui was dismissed from his post and subsequently arrested on Sunday, along with several other people, including senior customs officials, members of its waste management agency, Agence Nationale de Gestion des Déchets (ANGed) and a Tunisian diplomat based in Naples.Continue reading.[.]
Tunisia : Personalities Arrested In Waste Deal
An unprecedented probe is currently going on in Tunisia with the Minister of the Environment
Mustapha Aroui, as well as several executives of his ministry and of the customs placed under detention. Their arrest on Monday December 21, 2020 is linked to the illegal importation by boat of waste considered dangerous from the South of Italy. On Monday, hundreds of containers were seized and arrests of more than 282 officials. They were declared to be carrying plastic scraps for industrial recycling but were instead filled with mixed, putrid household waste.Lire aussi : Présidentielle au Congo: Dans l’attente des résultats
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Tunisia arrested a dozen people including its environment minister Monday in a scandal over hundreds of containers of household waste shipped from Italy to the North African country.
The 282 containers were seized this summer by Tunisian customs officials in the Mediterranean port city of Sousse.
They were declared to be carrying plastic scraps for industrial recycling but were instead filled with mixed, putrid household waste, which is barred from import under Tunisian law.
The case shines a spotlight on the murky global trade in waste, which has grown despite stricter regulations aimed at preventing rich countries from dumping their hazardous refuse on poorer countries.
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Tunisia cracks down with arrests in Italy hazardous waste scandal
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SOUSSE, Tunisia, Dec 22, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Tunisia arrested a dozen people including its environment minister Monday in a scandal over hundreds of containers of household waste shipped from Italy to the North African country.
The 282 containers were seized this summer by Tunisian customs officials in the Mediterranean port city of Sousse.
They were declared to be carrying plastic scraps for industrial recycling but were instead filled with mixed, putrid household waste, which is barred from import under Tunisian law.
The case shines a spotlight on the murky global trade in waste, which has grown despite stricter regulations aimed at preventing rich countries from dumping their hazardous refuse on poorer countries.