Le Monde said Trabelsi called her husband after the central bank director initially refused to hand over the gold bars. Ben Ali initially refused to authorise the release of the gold ingots, but later gave in to his wife's demand.
After taking custody of the gold bars, Trabelsi flew to Dubai before leaving for the Saudi capital, Jeddah to join her husband, the paper said. Ben Ali was reported to have flown to Saudia Arabia over the weekend via the Italian island of Sardinia.
"It seems that the wife of Ben Ali is the person who left with 1.5 tons of gold worth 45 million euros," a senior French official was quoted as telling Le Monde.
I have this sneaking suspicion that Tunisia's national currency is fiat...
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