The former president had amassed a fortune estimated at 5 billion during his 23 years as head of Tunisia. The president had nothing to flight before coming to power.
Mansions and Swiss bank accounts Private banks in Tunisia, several airlines, as Carthago Airlines or Air New, 5 star hotels in Tunisia, mansions in Argentina or Brazil. the property list of Ben Ali is difficult to train. Former Tunisian President also possesses in Swiss bank accounts whose value is impossible to estimate.
In France, Ben Ali is the owner of a building in the heart of Paris estimated at 37 million euros. The President also possesses flight assets in several French banks. The economy minister, Christine Lagarde, said Monday on Europe 1 radio that Tracfin, the body fight against suspicious movements of capital, exercised a “particular vigilance” on the movement of funds and transfer requests.
Accounts emptied and transferred wealth.
Last week, at the height of the crisis, Ben Ali’s family has settled all its accounts, according to a Tunisian journalist interviewed by Europe 1. “They emptied the cash until the last minute, there is nothing left,” says Slim Bagga.
The world understands that the family would have won in his flight over a ton and a half of gold bullion. The equivalent of 45 million euros, the newspaper said. It Leila Ben Ali, wife of former Tunisian president, who allegedly went to the Bank of Tunisia to recover before flying to Dubai. The information has not been confirmed, but one of the first decisions of the transitional government was formed just to sack the governor of the BCT Thoufi Baccar replaced by Mustapha Kamel Nabli, Chief Economist of the former Department Middle East Bank (WB).
A few months ago, as the Tunisian journalist’s wife, the former president would have also anticipated the end of the reign of her sick husband. Leila Ben Ali, nicknamed “The Regent” and hated by the people of Tunisia, has transferred substantially all its assets to Mohammed, their 5 year old son.
