SaltWire's Atlantic regional weather forecast for November 7, 2023 | SaltWireTUNIS - A Tunisian public prosecutor ordered on Tuesday the arrest of one of the country's richest business owners, Marouan Mabrouk, son-in-law of former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, on suspicion of stealing funds from state companies, a judicial official told Reuters.
The government took ownership of the companies when it seized property of the former president's family after the 2011 revolution that toppled his autocratic rule. Mabrouk is part of an influential family with business interests in trade, banking, communications and car dealerships. Mabrouk also controls a major supermarket chain and owns shares in BIAT Bank, French telecom Orange and a biscuit company.