Tunisians demand recovery of assets stolen by former dictator
Adnen Chaouachi
Press TV, Tunis
The Tunisian anti-corruption commission has published a report estimating the fortune embezzled by ousted ruler Zine El Abidine Ben Ali at nearly 20 billion dollars deposited in foreign banks. However, 4 years after the 2011 popular uprising, authorities in Tunis have failed in recovering the money.
MPs denounce the lack of transparency and the absence of information provided by foreign financial institutions and governments when Tunisians demand the recovery of the embezzled assets.
The civil society slams the impunity toward the former dictator who fled to Saudi Arabia in 2011 without being held accountable for 23 years of corruption.
Next week, a government will take office amid a deep economic crisis and a growing demand for the recovery of billions of dinars and the extradition of Ben Ali.
Analysts say the recovery of the stolen assets will be an important achievement in the fight against corruption and will deliver a strong message to Ben Ali's clan in Tunisia and abroad.
Plan for US-pegged digital currency in Gaza raises sovereignty fears
Iranian flotilla returns after BRICS naval drill in S Africa
Campaign to boycott Israeli ‘apartheid dates’ in UK intensifies during Ramadan
Iran’s security chief: Does America come first or Israel with 500 US soldiers killed?
Iran warns all Israeli embassies ‘legitimate targets’ if Lebanon embassy attacked
IRGC pounds bases of anti-Iran terrorist groups in Iraqi Kurdistan
Iran’s Fattah 2 hypersonic missile nearly impossible to intercept: Report
Another girls’ school targeted in US-Israeli attacks on Iran
IRGC says dismantled US radar in Qatar, attacked destroyer in Indian Ocean
Modi's Israel visit shows morality no longer guides India's foreign policy: Journalist
Iran to hold massive public funeral for 'Martyr Leader' Imam Khamenei
PressTV NEWSLETTER
now
This makes it easy to access the Press TV website
