Recovering looted money in Algeria As a stage of completing the path of national reconciliation

Abstract

The path of national reconciliation is a comprehensive and multifaceted path, especially in countries that encountered armed conflicts after independence from colonialism. If national reconciliation is based upon erasing past conflicts and working to create a safe and prosperous common future, stopping armed conflict would not suffice. In fact, it should rather work on addressing the causes and consequences of the conflict, restore rights and compensate the victims by striving to establish ways to maintain communal stability. Therefore, this study comes to shed light on the important points in the path of national reconciliation in Algeria which have made important strides in restoring security and stability. However, it is still stumbling in the stage of dealing with causes, aspects and repercussions. Moreover, it is imperative to note that one of the most important repercussions that must be addressed herein is the rampant financial corruption at the different levels of the state which reached its pinnacle during and after the national tragedy; a close investigation of the pillaged capital must be conducted. In the end, the researcher will attempt to clarify the relationship between recovering the looted public money and completing Algeria's path towards a complete and stable national reconciliation.