Sunday, September 4, 2016

Switzerland to resume investigating organised crime case against Mubarak, allies

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Switzerland to resume investigating organised crime case against Mubarak, allies.


Switzerland’s Federal Supreme Court accepted Monday the appeal filed by the Egyptian national committee to retrieve funds and assets abroad. The court will resume investigating charges against former president Hosni Mubarak, his family, and other associates of supporting and forming a criminal organisation.
In June 2015, the Swiss attorney general decided to halt investigations into the case, but the Egyptian government appealed the decision. The Swiss authorities, however, continued investigating the money laundering charges and the assets were kept frozen.
Researcher at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) Osama Diab told Daily News Egypt that 32 people are involved in the case, including Mubarak and his family. He said that the investigations were stopped in 2015 because the evidence proving that Mubarak was supporting and forming a criminal organisation was insufficient.
He added that the Egyptian government is a civilian party in this case, so it appealed the decision. According to the Swiss criminal code, if there is suspicion that there is organised crime, then the assets should be frozen based on the reverse burden of proof. This means that the burden of proof will be shifted to the defendant instead of the prosecu..

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