[Cardhu]

Ousted Tunisian President Zine El Abidin Ben Ali and his wife Leila Trabelsi

Le Monde, disclosed on Monday that Leila Trabelsi, the wife of the ousted president, took the gold bars out of the country before the collapse of Ben Ali's regime

[Tijeras_Slim]

BAHOG to go, please.

[coloradan]

Well, I guess the tyrants agree: gold is a great way to protect your wealth under adverse circumstances.

[martin_fierro]

[dfwgator]

Too bad he didn’t get the Ceausescu treatment.

[ikka]

Each ton is almost exactly 32,000 troy ounces. So 1.5 X 32,000 is 48,000 troy ounces of gold. At $1350 per ounce, the amount is $64.8 million USD.

[Cicero]

Ready for any emergency!

[jiggyboy]

Opulence, he has it!

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[The Comedian]

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[grumpygresh]

Despots always get special treatment. You couldn’t get $10K of gold out of the US legally to sit in your Caymans Is safe.

[April Lexington]

How, pray tell, does anyone “flee” with 1.5 tonnes of anything? You’d think airport security would notice...