Egyptians debate efforts to bring back Mubarak's billions

Egyptians are divided over whether former officials should be offered the chance to pay back looted funds in exchange for dropped charges as authorities work to bring back the estimated billions of dollars smuggled abroad during the reign of former President Hosni Mubarak.
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Former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly (R) leaves the courtroom at the police academy where he and former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak were on trial in Cairo, Jan. 2, 2012. - REUTERS/Stringer
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David Awad
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CAIRO — Egypt’s Giza Criminal Court continued July 3 the retrial of Habib al-Adly, the interior minister under President Hosni Mubarak, on charges of misappropriating 530 million Egyptian pounds (almost $29 million) from the Interior Ministry. 

All eyes are now focused on the defense to see whether Adly will follow in the footsteps of a number of Mubarak regime tycoons and submit a request to reconcile with the state and give back the misappropriated funds in exchange for charges being dropped.

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