Tuesday, 22 December, 2020 - 08:30
A view of a container being carried by a crane above a freight ship at the port of Sousse, where containers of household waste from Italy are blocked. (AFP) Tunis- Al Mongi Al Saidani
Tunisian Environment Minister Mustapha Aroui has been sacked and arrested on Sunday over the shipment of hundreds of containers of household waste from Italy to Tunisia, according to spokesperson for the Sousse Court of First Instance Jabir al-Gunaymi.
Justice took over with the arrest of 21 people, including a Customs official, two directors at the National Agency for Environmental Protection (ANPE), four employees from the National Agency for Waste Management (ANGED), and the owner of a private laboratory.