FIGHTING ILLICIT SPECULATION IN THE ALGERIAN LAW BETWEEN WAYS OF PREVENTION AND CRIMINAL REPRESSION
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The Algerian legislator has adopted a comprehensive strategy to fight illicit speculation through Law No. 21-15. This law focuses primarily on implementing preventive measures and engaging civil society, the media, and families alongside the State and territorial authorities to raise awareness and prevent illicit speculation. It criminalizes all forms of illicit speculation, emphasizes their suppression, and establishes special procedures for detection and prosecution, based on the belief that this phenomenon poses significant risks to economic and social security as well as the stability of the State. Thus, the importance of this study lies in examining the measures adopted by the Algerian legislator to fight illicit speculation.
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Abdul Rahman Bin Saud Al-Angari, Legislative Policy, Article published in the newspaper Mal, date of visit: 16/07/2023-at 18:04. https://maaal.com/2022/10/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A9-2/