GENEVA, Switzerland (UPI) -- The Swiss foreign ministry says it has located bank accounts worth millions of dollars associated with ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Mubarak stepped down Feb. 11 amid enormous public demonstrations calling for an end to his 31 years of autocratic rule. The interim military government then made a call among Arabic countries to freeze his assets, The New York Times said.
Switzerland was not formally asked to identify or freeze any holdings, but did so on its own, the newspaper said.
The U.S. Treasury Department told U.S. banks Thursday to monitor fund movement associated with Mubarak and his family that "could potentially represent misappropriated or diverted state assets, proceeds of bribery or other illegal payments."
Additionally, European foreign ministers began two days of meetings Sunday to determine how to identify and track any of Mubarak's holdings, the newspaper said.
Mubarak stepped down Feb. 11 amid enormous public demonstrations calling for an end to his 31 years of autocratic rule. The interim military government then made a call among Arabic countries to freeze his assets, The New York Times said.
Switzerland was not formally asked to identify or freeze any holdings, but did so on its own, the newspaper said.
The U.S. Treasury Department told U.S. banks Thursday to monitor fund movement associated with Mubarak and his family that "could potentially represent misappropriated or diverted state assets, proceeds of bribery or other illegal payments."
Additionally, European foreign ministers began two days of meetings Sunday to determine how to identify and track any of Mubarak's holdings, the newspaper said.
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