Professional career of Judge Bechir Akremi
Born into a peasant family in the northwest side of Tunis, Bechir Akremi distinguished himself academically from an early age. After attending the Faculty of Law in Tunis, he graduated at the top of his class. His professional career spans more than thirty-four years, beginning on January 16, 1989. During this period, he devoted more than 34 years to the service of his country, including twenty-seven years dedicated to the fight against crime, with a focus on organized crime and taking on specific responsibilities in the fight against terrorism and financial corruption between 2012 and 2021.
As Prosecutor General of Criminal Affairs, he worked in the field of international cooperation. We also highlight Judge Bechir Akremi's commitment to training, having participated in more than fifty sessions, both national and international. , focused on the fight against terrorism, money laundering, and financial corruption over the past ten years. He also shared his expertise as a teacher at the Higher Institute of Lawyers for four years and as a speaker in international and national forums, as well as with higher institutes of the judiciary in Tunisia, Italy, Malta , France, and Belgium.
Curriculum vitae
January 16, 1989: Deputy judge at the court of first instance of Tunis
September 16, 1989: Deputy judge at the Sfax court of first instance
November 1, 1993: Deputy public prosecutor at the Ariana court of first instance
September 16, 1998: investigating judge at the Ariana court of first instance
September 16, 2001: Deputy Attorney General at the Kef Court of Appeal
September 16, 2004: 1st investigating judge at the Manouba court of first instance
September 16, 2005: Deputy Attorney General at the Tunis Court of Appeal
September 16, 2008: President of the Court of First Instance of Beja
September 16, 2012: investigating judge at the Bizerte court of first instance
October 8, 2012: 1st investigating judge at the court of first instance of Tunis
January 16, 2015: 1st investigating judge at the counter-terrorism judicial center
August 16, 2016: public prosecutor at the court of first instance of Tunis.
public prosecutor at the judicial center for the fight against terrorism
August 2020 : public prosecutor at the economic and financial judicial center
International and national contributions
- Participation in a seminar on counter-terrorism techniques: Council of Europe, Arab League, OSCE, CTED-OSCE.
- Seminar by the UN Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate and the Institute for Security Studies: Supporting senior magistrates in criminal justice for counter-terrorism in Europe, Middle East, and North Africa.
- Participation in the national security sector reform seminar in Tunis: U.S. Institute of Peace, 2014.
- International seminar on the protection and use of intelligence information in legal investigations: UNODC, Vienna, 2014.
- Coordination meetings at Eurojust, Amsterdam: Terrorist attacks on the Bardo Museum (2015) and Imperial Marhaba Hotel (2015).
- Participation in the OCTOPUS congress on counter-terrorism: Strasbourg, 2015.
- Regional workshop on cross-border cooperation to combat terrorist financing: UNODC, Sharm El-Sheikh.
- London seminar on terrorist crime investigations: Museum Bardo attack (2015) and Imperial Marhaba Hotel attack (2015).
- Training on terrorism at the Italian Higher School of Magistrature, Florence, 2016.
- Regional forum on strategic plans against violent extremism and terrorism, January 2016.
- Regional workshop on terrorist financing investigations, April 2016.
- Training in Malta by the International Institute of Justice and Rule of Law: Use and protection of intelligence information in investigations and prosecutions, April 2016.
- UNODC training in Cairo on judicial facilitation against terrorism, October 2016.
- Training on terrorism financing investigations: Tunisian Financial Analysis Commission, December 2016.
- Training on handling foreign terrorist fighter cases, December 2016.
- UNODC seminar in Tunis on transforming intelligence into evidence in foreign terrorist fighter cases, May 2017.
- International counter-terrorism seminar, Vienna, OSCE, May 2017.
- Training in Malta on handling cases of foreign terrorist fighters and other terrorist organizations, June 2017.
- International seminar on terrorism and organized crime, Malaga, Spain, EU, September 2017.
- Regional workshop in Beirut on the legal regime of public prosecutors, UNODC, November 2017.
- Workshop on the legal regime of actions related to personal data protection, March 2018.
- Expert council and international ministerial seminar on terrorist financing interdiction, Paris, April 2018.
- Workshop in Brussels on the relationship between parliamentarians and criminal justice actors in counter-terrorism, May 2018.
- National seminar on improving the judicial system for children, EU, June 2018.
- Regional workshop on supporting international and regional cooperation against foreign terrorist fighters, Alexandria, EU and UNODC, July 2018.
- Seminar in Switzerland on the restitution of stolen funds, UNICRI, July 2018.
- International seminar in Lisbon on exchanging expertise on the restitution of stolen funds, UNICRI, August 2018.
- Regional seminar in Beirut on institutional cooperation in terrorism cases, UNODC, September 2018.
- International workshop on justice and rule of law, implementing the Rabat-Washington memorandum on good practices in combating local terrorism and foreign terrorist fighters, January 2019.
- Training in Tunis by the International Institute of Justice and Rule of Law: Investigations and decision-making in terrorism cases, June 2019.
- Training in Malta on security issues in the Mediterranean and rule of law in counter-terrorism, June 2019.
a little insight into 34 years of fighting crime