by Dispatch Risk Analysis | May 25, 2023 | Diplomacy, Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: Smuggler, Terrorist Arrests Highlight Expanded Intelligence Operations Summary: On 25 May 2023, the National Guard announced the arrest of a notorious irregular migrant smuggler who operated out of Sfax, accumulating 24 arrest warrants and prior sentences...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | May 10, 2023 | Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: Premeditated Attack on Djerba Synagogue Kills Six, Including Assailant Summary: On the evening of 9 May, 2023, a member of Tunisia’s National Guard stationed on Djerba island killed three other police officers and two civilians in a shooting spree that...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Mar 28, 2023 | Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: Global Terrorism Index Ranks Tunisia 40th Globally Summary: In March 2023, the Institute for Economics and Peace released their 2022 Global Terrorism Index (GTI) which ranks Tunisia 40 out of 163 countries in terms of exposure to terrorism. This particular...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Jan 10, 2023 | Security, Tunisia
Tunisia: Prison Sentences Handed Down to All-Female Terrorist Cell Members Summary: On 10 January 2023, the Tunisian courts sentenced multiple members of an all-female terrorist cell to prison, due to links to a 2016 effort to assassinate a government official. Nine...
by Dispatch Risk Analysis | Dec 20, 2022 | Political, Tunisia
Tunisia: Former Prime Minister and Ennahdha Leader Arrested Summary: On 19 December 2022, a judge ordered the arrest of former Tunisian Prime Minister and Ennahdha Party leader Ali Larayedh, linking him to an investigation into Ennahdha’s alleged sending of foreign...
