The fortunes of two sons of the deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak arrives in Switzerland to 340 million U.S. dollars, said Monday the head of the unit for combating financial fraud in Egypt.The majority - 300 million - owned by Alaa Mubarak, the eldest, and the rest to his brother Gamal, hailed in recent years the successor of his father, el Gohari said Asem, Deputy Minister of Justice in charge of the Anti-Corruption Authority.The sons of Mubarak, detained in a prison in Cairo, are being tried, like his father, corruption, among other charges.The funds of the sons of Mubarak represent most of the 460 million dollars (140 million Swiss francs) Egyptian frozen by Switzerland after the fall of the Mubarak regime, he added.
The Swiss Minister of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday he wanted to quickly develop judicial cooperation with Tunisia and Egypt to restore the funds of former Presidents Ben Ali and Mubarak, deposed earlier this year."Switzerland is the seventh financial center in the world. It is first in time to restore funds stolen by dictators," said the head of the Directorate of Public International Law Valentin Zellweger, quoted by news agency ATS.Bern blocked since the beginning of year 60 million Swiss francs (67.2 million U.S. dollars) in goods Tunisians, 410 million Egyptians, Libyans and 650 million in 45 million Syrians.
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