PARIS, Oct. 2 (AGCNewsNet) – French police arrested Halima Ben Ali, the daughter of former Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, in the Paris region on Tuesday at the request of Tunisian authorities, according to a French judicial source.

She is expected to appear before the Paris public prosecutor’s office on Wednesday to be formally notified of the provisional arrest request, the source said. A magistrate will then decide whether to place her under extradition custody or release her under judicial supervision, pending a later hearing before the Court of Appeal.

The charges filed by Tunisian prosecutors have not yet been disclosed, according to the source.

Halima Ben Ali is part of the former ruling family that dominated political and economic power during her father’s 23-year rule, which ended with the Arab Spring uprising in 2011. Tunisian courts have since issued multiple arrest warrants against exiled family members, who face convictions for crimes including voluntary homicide, abuse of power, and embezzlement of public funds.

The arrest signals a renewed effort by Tunis to recover misappropriated assets and pursue accountability for members of the ousted ruling clan. Judicial cooperation with France is sensitive due to strict extradition standards, but Tunisian authorities have intensified efforts more than a decade after the revolution.

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