DAKAR (Reuters) - The arrest of the former president's son on corruption charges in Senegal should be taken as a sign that the age of impunity in public life is over, Justice Minister Aminata Toure said on Tuesday.
Karim Wade, the most powerful figure in his father Abdoulaye Wade's 2000-2012 government, was arrested last week on suspicion of amassing up to $1.4 billion (918.4 million pounds) in assets via a network of shady holding companies.
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