Heikal, the father, died in The trial was one of series of court proceedings against Mubarak and his family in recent years. The three were first detained in April , two months after the popular uprising forced Mubarak to step down as part of the so-called Arab Spring. Following a lengthy trial, Mubarak was acquitted of killing protesters during the day uprising against his autocratic rule. The two sons and their father were sentenced to three years in prison following their conviction of embezzling funds set aside for the restoration and maintenance of presidential palaces, using the money to upgrade their private residences.
The sons were released in for time served, while Mubarak walked free in The trio paid back to the state the money they embezzled. The sons were briefly detained in September pending their trial on charges of stock market manipulation. But while most Mubarak regime luminaries have since lived quietly on the sidelines, second-string Mubarak loyalists have found their way back to public life under the rule of general-turned-president Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, particularly in parliament, a mostly rubber-stamp chamber packed with government supporters and media figures.
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Over the last 20 years, former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, his family and close circle of advisers allegedly enriched themselves through partnerships in powerful Egyptian companies, profiting from their political power and illicit enrichment from public money, according to numerous reports.
Evidence shows that their wealth—obtained from illegal activities—was deposited or invested not just in Egypt, but also abroad in countries such as France, Switzerland and Spain. In addition to homes in the Red Sea resort of Sharm al-Sheikh and the upscale Cairo district of Heliopolis, they also have a six-story mansion in the Knightsbridge section of London and a house near the Bois de Bologne in Paris.
The return of confiscated assets is of symbolic and practical importance and the recovery of assets can serve several purposes. Second, asset recovery and repatriation provides justice for victims by providing essential resources for the financing of public services and investments in infrastructure and other programs aimed at enhancing social and economic development.
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