Egypt … Reducing the sentence of the brother of a former Egyptian minister in the case of antiquities

The Court of Cassation in Egypt accepted the appeal submitted by Raouf Boutros Ghali, brother of Youssef Boutros Ghali, former Minister of Finance, regarding the judgment issued against him by the Criminal Court with imprisonment and a fine.

read more

The court decided to reduce the penalty to 7 years imprisonment and a fine of two million pounds and to return the seized antiquities in the case known in the media as “smuggling major antiquities to Europe.”

The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced Boutros Raouf Boutros Ghali and others, including former members of the diplomatic mission of the Italian Embassy in Cairo earlier, with 30 years imprisonment and a fine of 5 million pounds, in the two cases of smuggling antiquities into Italy from the port of Alexandria.

Source: The Seventh Day

Follow RT on