corruption
Minister denies rumors of govt reconciliation with former regime
Egypt
March 22, 2012
Minister denies rumors of govt reconciliation with former regime
Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry Mahmoud Issa denied the government is mulling reconciliation with imprisoned and runaway members of…
Mubarak under investigation over national security, debt issues
Egypt
March 21, 2012
Mubarak under investigation over national security, debt issues
Judicial sources have said that the public prosecutor is wrapping up investigations of former President Hosni Mubarak related to potential…
European Union will keep Mubarak assets on ice, Illicit Gains Authority head says
Egypt
March 21, 2012
European Union will keep Mubarak assets on ice, Illicit Gains Authority head says
The European Union will continue to freeze the assets of former President Hosni Mubarak, his family and other former officials…
Government prepares to seize state land bought by former regime ‘men’
Egypt
March 19, 2012
Government prepares to seize state land bought by former regime ‘men’
Government sources said Monday that Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri assigned the concerned ministers to provide a list of all state…
Parliament refers government’s ‘affordable housing’ violations to prosecution
Egypt
March 19, 2012
Parliament refers government’s ‘affordable housing’ violations to prosecution
The People's Assembly’s Housing Committee referred the violations of the Abu Matamir City affordable housing project to the public prosecutor for…
Salafis, Brotherhood reject former officials’ money-for-release offer
Egypt
March 15, 2012
Salafis, Brotherhood reject former officials’ money-for-release offer
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party and the Salafi-led Nour Party have rejected that the detained officials of the…
SCAF’s investment law offers impunity in corruption cases
Egypt
March 15, 2012
SCAF’s investment law offers impunity in corruption cases
Days before the chamber of the recently elected People’s Assembly first filled with members, the Supreme Council of the Armed…
Legal expert: Offer to trade wealth for settlement legal for Ezz, not for Maghrabi
Egypt
March 14, 2012
Legal expert: Offer to trade wealth for settlement legal for Ezz, not for Maghrabi
Head of the North Cairo Criminal Court Hassan Hassanein said that only Ahmed Ezz would be eligible to relinquish his…
Mubarak-era figures offer to trade wealth for settlement
Egypt
March 13, 2012
Mubarak-era figures offer to trade wealth for settlement
Finance Minister Momtaz al-Saeed said on Tuesday that some former regime officials currently detained in Tora Prison offered to relinquish…
Hussein Salem appeals Spanish court extradition ruling
Egypt
March 11, 2012
Hussein Salem appeals Spanish court extradition ruling
Assem al-Gohary, assistant justice minister for the Illicit Gains Committee, has said in a statement that business tycoon Hussein Salem…