---
id: 24
name: Leila Trabelsi
sanctionsCountry: Tunisia
fullName: Leila Bent Mohamed Ben Rhouma Trabelsi
nativeName: ليلى الطرابلسي
surname: Trabelsi
firstAndMidleNames: Leila Bent Mohamed Ben Rhouma
aliases:
  - Leïla Ben Ali
identifyingInformation: Spouse of Ben Ali
placeOfBirth: 'Tunisia, Tunis'
dateOfBirth: 24.10.1956
countryOfResidence: Saudi Arabia
corruptionLink: family
familyMembers:
  - name: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
    type: spouse
  - name: Nesrine Ben Ali
    type: daughter
  - name: Halima Ben Ali
    type: daughter
  - name: Cyrine Ben Ali
    type: daughter
  - name: Dorsaf Ben Ali
    type: daughter
  - name: Ghazoua Ben Ali
    type: daughter
familyMembersSubjectToSanctions:
  - Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
  - Nesrine Ben Ali
  - Halima Ben Ali
  - Cyrine Ben Ali
  - Dorsaf Ben Ali
  - Ghazoua Ben Ali
suspectedOrConfirmedOverseasProperties: >-
  Property in Frankfurt, Germany, belonging to one of her daughters
  [1](http://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article12465557/Deutschland-beschlagnahmt-Vermoegen-des-Ben-Ali-Clans.html)
suspectedOrConfirmedLinksToLegalEntities: ''
suspectedOrConfirmedLinksToBankAccounts: >-
  German accounts
  [1](http://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article12465557/Deutschland-beschlagnahmt-Vermoegen-des-Ben-Ali-Clans.html)
suspectedOrConfirmedLinksToOtherAssets: >-
  Gold ingots
  [1](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/tunisia/8265025/Tunisian-former-presidents-wife-fled-country-with-38-million-in-gold.html)
estimatesOfAssetsFrozenOrConfiscated: >-
  Unknown amounts in Germany
  [1](http://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article12465557/Deutschland-beschlagnahmt-Vermoegen-des-Ben-Ali-Clans.html)
estimatesOfAssetsReturned: >-
  $28.8 million hidden from a Lebanese bank account controlled by Leila
  Trabelsi 
  [1](http://blogs.worldbank.org/arabvoices/impactevaluations/publicsphere/nasikiliza/endpovertyinsouthasia/health/voices/tracking-tunisias-stolen-assets-balance-sheet-three-years)
typeOfSanctions: Asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available
startOfSanctions: 04.02.2011
---
Leila Trabelsi was born in 1957. Before marrying Ben Ali in 1992, she worked as 
a hairdresser. She is alleged to have taken away 1.5 tonnes of the central 
bank's gold worth approximately US $50 million when fleeing Tunisia with her 
family. Leila Trabelsi, her husband Hosni Mubarak and their children Halima and 
Mohamed are said to currently reside in Saudi Arabia. 
[1](http://archive.boston.com/news/world/africa/articles/2011/01/17/tunisians_hail_fall_of_ex_leaders_corrupt_family/?page=2), 
[2](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/tunisia/8265025/Tunisian-former-presidents-wife-fled-country-with-38-million-in-gold.html), 
[3](https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/blog/2017/10/15/ex-tunisian-dictator-ben-ali-makes-public-appearance)
