On March 19, the country formally asked to join the Geneva prosecutor’s money-laundering case against HSBC Switzerland, which was opened in February in the wake of the SwissLeaks affair which rocked the bank. Tunisia is claiming CHF114.5 million plus interest from the bank for having accepted the fortune of Belhassen Trabelsi.
La Tunisia chiede all’istituto bancario 114,5 milioni di franchi più gli interessi per aver accettato i beni di Belhassen Trabelsi.