Tunisia Asks to Join HSBC Case to Get Embezzled Ben Ali Cash
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 200
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Hugo Miller and Jesse Drucker
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Tunisia asked to join the Geneva prosecutor’s money-laundering case into HSBC Holdings Plc’s Swiss unit as a plaintiff in a bid to get back funds it says were embezzled by former dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
The request “is part of efforts by Tunisian authorities to recover the proceeds of crimes” committed by Ben Ali and other members of his “clan,” according to a copy of the filing by Crettol & Associates, the Geneva law firm representing the Tunisian government.
