Tunisia Orders Investigation Into £5bn Fortune Of Ben Ali -- The Telegraph
Tunisian officials announced an investigation into the vast fortune of former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his relatives on Wednesday as Switzerland announced it had frozen the assets of the exiled dictator.
Members of 'The Family' exerted total dominance of the Tunisian economy, owning banks, commercial enterprises, factories, tourist resorts and vast land holdings.
By conservative estimates Mr Ben Ali's immediate family had a £5 billion fortune, while brothers and sisters of his hated wife Leila Trabelsis accumulated even greater wealth.
The official TAP news agency said a judge had accepted a petition by prosecutors to investigate bank accounts, real estate and other assets.
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Tunisia's new government to investigate ex-president's financial dealings -- L.A. Times
Search begins for ousted Tunisian president's hidden billions -- The Guardian
Tunisia Investigates Ousted President's Finances -- Voice of America
Tunisia 'to investigate Ben Ali family's assets' -- BBC
Tunisia eyes overseas assets of deposed leader -- MSNBC
Tunisia arrests 33 relatives of ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali -- The Guardian
The Tunisian job: How president's wife 'fled with $60m in gold bullion' -- The Independent
Fleeing first lady said to have taken central bank gold -- Sydney Morning Herald
Ben Ali clan fled Tunisia with 1.5 tonnes of gold: report -- Ahram Online
Ben Ali's hated in-laws looted Tunisia's wealth, experts say -- Ahram Online
Tunisia 'to investigate Ben Ali family's assets' -- BBC
Tunisia eyes overseas assets of deposed leader -- MSNBC
Tunisia arrests 33 relatives of ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali -- The Guardian
The Tunisian job: How president's wife 'fled with $60m in gold bullion' -- The Independent
Fleeing first lady said to have taken central bank gold -- Sydney Morning Herald
Ben Ali clan fled Tunisia with 1.5 tonnes of gold: report -- Ahram Online
Ben Ali's hated in-laws looted Tunisia's wealth, experts say -- Ahram Online
Greed of the Tunisian president's wife that drove a nation onto the streets to start a revolution -- The Daily Mail
Swiss to freeze Ben Ali funds -- Al Jazeera
Swiss examine calls to freeze alleged Ben Ali assets -- Reuters
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The Tunisian job: How president's wife 'fled with $60m in gold bullion' -- The Independent
Fleeing first lady said to have taken central bank gold -- Sydney Morning Herald
Ben Ali clan fled Tunisia with 1.5 tonnes of gold: report -- Ahram Online
Ben Ali's hated in-laws looted Tunisia's wealth, experts say -- Ahram Online
Greed of the Tunisian president's wife that drove a nation onto the streets to start a revolution -- The Daily Mail
Swiss to freeze Ben Ali funds -- Al Jazeera
Swiss examine calls to freeze alleged Ben Ali assets -- Reuters
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