By Joe Palazzolo
Public prosecutors in Paris are investigating suspected organized money-laundering linked to Tunisia’s ousted president, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, and Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak, AFP reported.
The Paris prosecutor’s office told the news agency it opened the probes on Tuesday. The move followed a request by non-governmental organizations Sherpa and Transparency International-France earlier this month for a preliminary investigation of assets linked to Ben Ali and his clan.
France has been searching for assets belonging to Ben Ali since he fled Tunisia for Saudi Arabia in mid-January amid protests. The U.S. is also looking for assets in its jurisdiction belonging to Mubarak, Ben Ali and their associates.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
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