AOI, Dassault sign new partnership to advance defense industrial cooperation    Egypt unveils ambitious strategy to boost D-8 intra-trade to $500bn by 2030    Egypt discusses rehabilitating Iraqi factories, supplying defence equipment at EDEX 2025    Private Egyptian firm Tornex target drones and logistics UAVs at EDEX 2025    Egypt's Abdelatty urges deployment of international stabilisation force in Gaza during Berlin talks    Egypt begins training Palestinian police as pressure mounts to accelerate Gaza reconstruction    Egypt opens COP24 Mediterranean, urges faster transition to sustainable blue economy    Egypt's Health Minister leads high-level meeting to safeguard medicine, medical supply chains    Egypt, Saudi nuclear authorities sign MoU to boost cooperation on nuclear safety    Egypt launches digital guide for old tenant law tenants applying for alternative housing    Egyptian pound vs. dollar in Tuesday early trade    Egypt's FM touts investment reforms to German firms at Berlin business forum    US Embassy marks 70th anniversary of American Center Cairo    Giza master plan targets major hotel expansion to match Grand Egyptian Museum launch    Australia returns 17 rare ancient Egyptian artefacts    China invites Egypt to join African duty-free export scheme    Egypt calls for stronger Africa-Europe partnership at Luanda summit    Egypt begins 2nd round of parliamentary elections with 34.6m eligible voters    Egypt warns of erratic Ethiopian dam operations after sharp swings in Blue Nile flows    Egypt scraps parliamentary election results in 19 districts over violations    Egypt extends Ramses II Tokyo Exhibition as it draws 350k visitors to date    Egypt signs host agreement for Barcelona Convention COP24 in December    Al-Sisi urges probe into election events, says vote could be cancelled if necessary    Filmmakers, experts to discuss teen mental health at Cairo festival panel    Cairo International Film Festival to premiere 'Malaga Alley,' honour Khaled El Nabawy    Egypt golf team reclaims Arab standing with silver; Omar Hisham Talaat congratulates team    Egypt launches National Strategy for Rare Diseases at PHDC'25    Egypt adds trachoma elimination to health success track record: WHO    Grand Egyptian Museum welcomes over 12,000 visitors on seventh day    Egypt launches Red Sea Open to boost tourism, international profile    Omar Hisham Talaat: Media partnership with 'On Sports' key to promoting Egyptian golf tourism    Sisi expands national support fund to include diplomats who died on duty    Egypt's PM reviews efforts to remove Nile River encroachments    Egypt resolves dispute between top African sports bodies ahead of 2027 African Games    Germany among EU's priciest labour markets – official data    Paris Olympic gold '24 medals hit record value    It's a bit frustrating to draw at home: Real Madrid keeper after Villarreal game    Russia says it's in sync with US, China, Pakistan on Taliban    Shoukry reviews with Guterres Egypt's efforts to achieve SDGs, promote human rights    Sudan says countries must cooperate on vaccines    Johnson & Johnson: Second shot boosts antibodies and protection against COVID-19    Egypt to tax bloggers, YouTubers    Egypt's FM asserts importance of stability in Libya, holding elections as scheduled    We mustn't lose touch: Muller after Bayern win in Bundesliga    Egypt records 36 new deaths from Covid-19, highest since mid June    Egypt sells $3 bln US-dollar dominated eurobonds    Gamal Hanafy's ceramic exhibition at Gezira Arts Centre is a must go    Italian Institute Director Davide Scalmani presents activities of the Cairo Institute for ITALIANA.IT platform    







Thank you for reporting!
This image will be automatically disabled when it gets reported by several people.



Fugitive Egyptian ex minister living openly in London: UK newspaper
Former finance minister Yousef Boutros-Ghali is living openly in London despite an Interpol warrant and an Egyptian corruption conviction
Ahram Online Published in Ahram Online on 19 - 06 - 2011

Egypt's former finance minister, Youssef Boutros Ghali, sentenced to 30 years in prison earlier this month for squandering public funds, is living openly in London, a leading British newspaper reported today.
Shadow Justice Minister, Andy Slaughter told the Independent on Sunday that he was contacted by expatriate Egyptians living in his constituency who were furious that Mr Boutros-Ghali had been seen "wandering around London with impunity".
"This country once had a reputation for upholding international law, not as a refuge for criminals and fraudsters," Slaughter said.
"We are also letting down and neglecting our duty to the liberated people of Egypt who want our help in bringing their oppressors to justice," he added.
"The British government cannot claim to be on the side of pro-democracy protesters ... while simultaneously providing financial and physical shelter to former [eg. Mubarak] regime members accused of fraud, theft and/or human rights abuses."
Ghali was sentenced in absentia by an Egyptian court to 30 years in prison on 4 June after been convicted of squandering public funds.‎ The court also ordered him to return LE30 million and pay an additional LE30 million in fines.
He has been on Egypt's wanted list for months but was widely believed to have fled the country.‎
In May, the International Criminal Police (Interpol) issued a wanted 'red notice' for Ghali, after Egypt's prosecutor-general, Abdul Megid Mahmoud sent a request to extradite the former Minister of Finance, Ghali, as well as the former Minister of Commerce and Industry, Rachid Mohamed Rachid who also faces charges in Egypt of corruption, profiteering and wasting public money
Ghali, who was replaced as Egypt's finance minister in a cabinet shake-up amid the revolution, resigned in February as head of the International Monetary Fund's main policy steering panel.

Clic here to read the story from its source.