40 million Algerians wait for punishment of Sonatrach’s thieves

Lawyer of Algeria’s Treasury said Sonatrach is owned by the State which has 245,000 shares in it. “Accused people are hydrocarbons elite. Their positions do not allow them to make a mistake,” he told the judge.

Speaking about the Sonatrach 1 case, the lawyer Zako said prices raise in deals caused a loss to the State. “This raise is booty shared by companies owners. It was used to buy real-estates abroad and have accounts in euro. All what happened was planned by the suspects to get deals at Sonatrach.”