Tunis PM receives UN special advocate for stolen asset recovery

United Nations Special Advocate for Stolen Asset Recovery Ali Bin Fetais al-Marri voiced satisfaction at Tunisia's recovery, with the assistance of the International Anti Corruption Academy (IACA), of part of its embezzled assets in Lebanon, including the interests accrued during the deposit period.In a statement to the press after his meeting late on Thursday with Interim Prime Minister Ali Larayedh, he expressed the will of the IACA to support Tunisia's efforts to recover the remaining stolen assets and have Tunisian skills benefit from training in this field.The PM hailed the important efforts made by the UN to have Tunisia recover these assets as well as the co-operation of Lebanese authorities and the efforts of the ministries of justice and of the interior and Tunisia's Central Bank.Larayedh insisted on the determination of the government to keep going to recover all the looted assets and reinvest them in the social sector.The UN Special Advocate had handed over on Thursday to Caretaker President Moncef Marzouki a cheque worth  28.818 million dollars retrieved from a bank account in Lebanonbelonging to the wife of the ousted president Ben Ali