Tunisia seeks arrest of fugitive billionaire who landed in Montreal
LES PERREAUX and CAMPBELL CLARK
Montreal and Ottawa— Globe and Mail Update
Tunisia’s transitional government has issued an arrest warrant for a billionaire member of the former ruling family now living in Canada and has asked Ottawa to freeze the family’s assets here, sources say.Tunisian Justice Minister Lazhar Karoui Chebbi said the government is seeking Belhassen Trabelsi, who arrived in Montreal with his family last week, along with ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his wife, Leïla Trabelsi, Mr. Trabelsi’s sister. Dozens of other family members have also been charged with financial crimes.
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