An-Najah News - The National Economy Ministry referred today, Thursday, a trader from Jenin city to the Public Prosecution to combat economic crimes.

The trader was referred to the Prosecution because he manipulated the prices, which raises the number of merchants referred to the Public Prosecution during this week to 26 ones.

The ministry, in cooperation with the security services and the custom control, closed two unlicensed sterilization production factories in Hebron and Bethlehem, according to the ministry in a press conference today.

The ministry has furtherly closed, in cooperation with the security services and the custom control, a tailoring shop in south of Jerusalem that produces masks that don’t follow the health measures.

The tailoring shop is unlicensed and its products don’t follow the health measures, therefore the shop is closed until its legal status is duly amended, according to the ministry.

The ministry furtherly indicated that the number of facilities that have been closed during this week has increased to 21 industrial facilities that violate the applicable laws and regulations.