Television has broadcast images of many jewels, watches and international credit cards seized during the arrests, the circumstances were not specified. Pens to draw ammunition were also seized. A judicial investigation for "illegal acquisition of property", "illicit financial investments abroad" and "illegal export of currency" was opened Wednesday by the Tunisian justice against the ousted president and his family.It is namely the former head of state, his wife, Leila Trabelsi, "the brothers and sons in law of Leila Trabelsi, the son and daughters of his brothers." The French Foreign Ministry said Thursday that France wants the European Union adopted by the end of January a list of names of those connected to the clan of former Tunisian President Ben Ali who may be affected by to freeze their assets.
"In the fora of the European Union, France has called for freezing European assets (...), advocating for a list of targeted persons can be adopted by the next Foreign Affairs Council, established 31 January, "said his spokesman, Bernard Valero. After the regime fell, Tracfin asked all French financial institutions to report to it "without delay" any suspicious movement of funds, "substantial cash withdrawals, purchase of precious metals, remittances abroad, etc.
". From there, Bercy can block administratively for forty-eight hours of any alleged dubious transaction, before any justice takes over. "At this stage, there is still proceeding brought by Tracfin, but there is now litigation brought by third parties," said Baroin. NGOs Transparency International and Sherpa, as well as the Arab Human Rights Commission, have announced having filed a complaint against X for "corruption, money laundering and the misuse of corporate assets." Sherpa said that the former Tunisian president "has at least one property in Paris alone evaluated at 37 million euros." Le Figaro on Monday spoke of apartments in the beautiful neighborhoods of Paris, properties near Paris, a chalet in the alpine ski resort of Courchevel and villas on the Cote d'Azur.
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