Tunis, March 17, 2019 – Tunisia said Sunday it is seeking the extradition of deposed president Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali’s brother-in-law, who has been arrested in France and is wanted at home for alleged fraud. It said he was facing 17 arrest warrants in Tunisia and 43 international warrants. There was no official confirmation in France of Trabelsi’s arrest. The millionaire businessman and brother of Ben Ali’s wife Leila Trabelsi left Tunisia in January 2011 when the Arab Spring uprising forced the veteran leader to flee to Saudi Arabia. He is wanted in Tunisia where he is thought to have headed a clan that embezzled government funds.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 17, 2019 23:26 UTC