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.
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Ten years since an uprising toppled Tunisian dictator Zine El 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.
Ben Ali and Leila Trabelsi
After he was toppled and fled the country in 2011, Ben Ali was sentenced in absentia to decades in prison for ordering killings and torture during his rule and a bloody crackdown against the revolt.
He was also found guilty of embezzlement, corruption and a string of other crimes.
He died in September 2019 in exile in Saudi Arabia, and was quietly buried in the presence of his second wife, Leila Trabelsi, and their children.