Investigators seek return of Ben Ali wealth

The family of Tunisia’s former leader, Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, had a reputation for leading an excessively extravagant lifestyle that angered many people and helped lead to their downfall.

Now, almost a year after the Ben Ali’s fled the country, there is not much that remains of their lavish mansions; most of them were looted in the days following the revolution.

But it is estimated the family still took around $17bn with them when they left Tunisia – money that investigators say rightfully belongs to the country.

Al Jazeera’s Nazanine Moshiri reports from Hammamet.