Sonatrach: Suspicious transaction worth ZDZ 240 b in “SOMIK”

Ewamining judge at the primary Court of Skikda, eastern Algeria, started on Wednesday, a session of hearing and questioning, for more than 60 people, including contractors, managers, officials at Somik company for industrial maintenance, which belong to the oil giant Sonatrach in Skikda, and among the defendants there are former and current managers, staff and heads of the services of the institution, in charge of the conclusion of contracts and the Declaration of transactions, and assigning the largest projects for contractors and suppliers.

List of stakeholders for the initial investigation includes seven women who work in the company and branches of Sonatrach, at the level of the major industrial oil base, at the eastern entrance of Skikda, eastern Algeria, as the investigating judge listened to those concerned about the charges related to the overall conclusion of suspicious deals, contrary to the applicable laws and waste of public funds.

The investigating judge had earlier ordered the expansion of inquiries and investigations that were initiated by the public prosecutor, and entrusted the task to the team of research and investigation of the regional group of the National Gendarmerie of Skikda, then gave the permission of raiding and searching for the houses of defendants, and seizing the property and real estate which they hold in the various Wilayas, after it was discovered that the officials of the Enterprise are involved in suspicious deals, which enabled them to earn billions that they laundered through buying properties, villas and shops in Algiers, Annaba, Setif.