How Hosni Mubarak Got Filthy Rich

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Indian Neheru-Gandhi maily definitely would have stashed much more than an Egypt ruler. India has a economy of $4.001 trillion and Egypt has a economy of $496.604 billion. Congress has ruled 10 times bigger economy almost for double the period what Hosni Mubarak has ruled. So anyone calculate easily. However, there is no estmation from any Western Media

Sameer Panda 12:51AM March 07, 2011

Whenever despots and other corrupt leaders die or are out of power, western countries are quick to talk about all the illegal wealth they have amassed. But the sad fact is that western banks and governments help these thieves to hide their wealth in their countries. Are the banks and governments never aware that these are stolen monies? How come they are able to detect relatively smaller sums when they go to fund terrorism or are laundered monies? The so called secret banking system in Switzerland is a haven for these thieves and western countries have kept quiet about them because these stolen monies help their economies. Most of these secret stashes of monies are never claimed by the depositors who often die with their secret codes. Bottomline? All countries where these monies are stashed are thieves and collaborators with thieves and need to be sued and or prosecuted. The time will come soon .....

Kofi Manu 10:35PM February 16, 2011

This is similar to America where connected cronies like Rahm Emmanuel, Franklin Rains, Jon Johnson and Jamie Gorelick get paid off for nothing other than being "connected". Bill Clinton too who made $50 million carrying water for banking interests.

j of MA 9:40AM February 14, 2011

So Mubarak family are recurrent murderers. If hundreds Egyptian victims of the Mubarak family would kill all the Mubarak family, (eye for eye), then Mubarak family fortune would comes out and could be recovered from the new democratic government!

Jean-Francois Morf, Charrat, Switzerland 8:10AM February 14, 2011

the moneys missing!?!...well maybe it will show up this time...hahaha...not...

michael of NV 6:21PM February 12, 2011

We give this guy 1.5 Billion is U.S. aid each year

and he was already worth 40-50 Billion?

The joke is on us!!!!

Jake of OH 10:38AM February 12, 2011

If you were educated, you might be aware that Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian regime in Egypt was secular, not Islamic. And hopefully the new democracy will remain so.

Kai of MA 10:15AM February 12, 2011

George Bush, Bill Clinton, etc....if on a somewhat smaller scale

Rosa Hill of NY 9:06AM February 12, 2011

Interesting how often our government and journalists point the finger of blame. It is never revealed how many U.S. politicians get rich and squirrel away millions or billions in secret bank accounts. Hmm. Hell, even war crimes when revealed such as those of Bob Kerrey go unpunished. Such trash.

Skiprt of WV 8:44AM February 12, 2011

Why is it that everytime we hear about one of these bastards we find out that they are worth billions? Sickening "religion"

joe of NJ 8:23AM February 12, 2011

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Rick Newman

Rick Newman

The global economy is mysterious, even scary. Chief Business Correspondent Rick Newman connects the dots. In addition to his writing for U.S. News, Rick is the co-author of two books: Firefight: Inside the Battle to Save the Pentagon on 9/11, and Bury Us Upside Down: The Misty Pilots and the Secret Battle for the Ho Chi Minh Trail.


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