The cronies of Tunisia’s Ben Ali: Where are they now?
By AFP - Jan 12,2021 - Last updated at Jan 12,2021
In this file photo taken on October 27, 2020, a man waits by a graffiti depicting silhouettes of a man metamorphosing into a bird symbolising freedom, in Mohamed Bouazizi Square in the centre of the town of Sidi Bouzid in central Tunisia (AFP photo)
TUNIS — Ten years since an uprising toppled Tunisian president Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali, his in-laws, who ran a mafia-like empire that once pocketed a fifth of national private sector profits, are scattered across the world.
Few have faced justice. Here is an overview.