A member of the defense team for former Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz confirmed that “the head of the investigation for economic and financial crimes verbally informed the defense that his client, along with 12 others, had been taken to court.” .”

And the Mauritanian news agency Al-Akhbar quoted lawyer Jaafar Ould Abih as saying that “the head of the investigation did not hand over any written document on this matter, and indicated that he “promised to hand it over to the accused personally.” explaining that “the head of the investigation for economic and financial crimes referred 13 defendants in the corruption case to the Court, which was led by the former president.

She pointed out: “Excluded from the decision are both the former Minister of Economy and Finance Mokhtar Ould Adjayi and the former director of the National Company for Industry and Mining Hasna Ould Alai.” According to the agency, the prosecutor’s office charged the group, including: “wasting state real estate and monetary property, receiving undeserved material benefits from a state institution, as well as interfering in commercial activities incompatible with official duties by obtaining and receiving benefits.” from contracts and auctions.

The accusations against the former president were: “granting unreasonable privileges in the field of public transactions, trading in influence, abuse of office, illicit enrichment, concealment of proceeds of crime, obstruction of justice and money laundering.”