Corruption Crackdown Intensifies in Tunisia, and the People Cheer<br />By CARLOTTA GALLJUNE 25, 2017<br />TUNIS — The Tunisian prime minister has embarked on a sweeping crackdown against organized crime, arresting nearly a dozen mafia bosses<br />and smuggling barons in recent weeks in an effort to stamp out what has become a nearly existential threat to the young democracy.<br />Sihem Bensedrine said that I think they seized this opportunity to do what they had not dared,<br />Over the last several years it has infected large portions of the public sector in what has become known as the "democratization<br />of corruption," as crime bosses have paid for influence in the media, political parties and the police and judiciary.<br />" Mr. Chahed said, promising more arrests ahead. that We are persuaded there is a link between<br />smuggling, terrorism financing, cross-border activities and also capital flight,<br />United States Embassy worked that It is a war, not a one-off battle,<br />The campaign, led by Prime Minister Youssef Chahed, is proving popular among Tunisians frustrated at<br />increasingly brazen corruption, a stagnating economy and an ever-widening gap between rich and poor.
