Tunisia seeks the arrest of former President Ben Ali

"We will ask Interpol to capture the former President Zin El Abidin Ben Ali and the Tunisian authorities to deliver it." It 'as said the Tunisian Minister of Justice, Lazhar Karoui Chebbi, during a press conference held today in Tunis, and recovery from al-Arabiya satellite television. Ben Ali and his wife Leila Trabelsi are charged with "theft of movable and immovable property" and "illicit transfers of foreign currency abroad." The president, who fled the country on January 14 this year, is in Saudi Arabia.