France releases Belhassen Trabelsi on bail

France has released Belhassen Trabelsi, brother-in-law of ousted Tunisian president Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali, on bail while it mulls a extradition request from Tunisia.

Lawyers Xavier Nogueras and Marcel Ceccaldi said in Marseille yesterday that they had obtained Trabelsi's conditional release owing to



procedural problems, confirming news initially announced by the Tunisian justice ministry.

They said, Trabelsi who faced charges of organised money laundering and has paid 100,000 euros in bail, must remain in France and report regularly to a local police station.