Algeria to impose 30-year to life sentences for financial speculation  – Middle East Monitor

Algeria’s Justice Minister Lotfi Boudjemaa has stated that prison sentences for those involved in financial speculation may range from 30 years to life imprisonment, stressing the government’s determination to curb market manipulation, according to local media.

Speaking before members of the National People’s Assembly, Boudjemaa said that the authorities would not tolerate speculation, which he noted has spread “from basic foodstuffs to vehicles”.