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Wednesday, 23 February 2011

By DEBORAH BALL And CASSELL BRYAN-LOW ZURICH—Swiss banks have lodged 30 reports of possible money laundering by members of former Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali's regime—but all came after the Swiss government froze Mr. Ben Ali's assets, highlighting possible weaknesses in attempts to prevent such crimes. View Full Image Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, left, and Tunisia's Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali at an October Arab League summit in Libya....

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