المقال الأصلى من الجارديان يوضح ان مبارك ثروته 70 مليار بوثائق ثابته للرد على كل من شكك

Mubarak family fortune could reach $70bn, say experts

Gamal and Hosni Mubarak are reported to have built
up huge fortunes, including properties in London. Photograph: Cris
Bouroncle/AFP/Getty Images


President Hosni Mubarak's family fortune could be as much as $70bn (£43.5bn) according to analysis by Middle East
experts, with much of his wealth in British and Swiss banks or tied up
in real estate in London, New York, Los Angeles and along expensive
tracts of the Red Sea coast.After 30 years as president and many
more as a senior military official, Mubarak has had access to investment
deals that have generated hundreds of millions of pounds in profits.
Most of those gains have been taken offshore and deposited in secret
bank accounts or invested in upmarket homes and hotels.According
to a report last year in the Arabic newspaper Al Khabar, Mubarak has
properties in Manhattan and exclusive Beverly Hills addresses on Rodeo
Drive.His sons, Gamal and Alaa, are also billionaires. A protest
outside Gamal's ostentatious home at 28 Wilton Place in Belgravia,
central London, highlighted the family's appetite for western trophy
assets.Amaney Jamal, a political science professor at Princeton
University, said the estimate of $40bn-70bn was comparable with the vast
wealth of leaders in other Gulf countries."The business ventures
from his military and government service accumulated to his personal
wealth," she told ABC news. "There was a lot of corruption in this
regime and stifling of public resources for personal gain."This
is the pattern of other Middle Eastern dictators so their wealth will
not be taken during a transition. These leaders plan on this."Al
Khabar said it understood the Mubaraks kept much of their wealth
offshore in the Swiss bank UBS and the Bank of Scotland, part of Lloyds
Banking Group, although this information could be at least 10 years old.There are only sketchy details of exactly where the Mubaraks have generated their wealth and its final destination.Christopher
Davidson, professor of Middle East politics at Durham University, said
Mubarak, his wife, Suzanne, and two sons were able to accumulate wealth
through a number of business partnerships with foreign investors and
companies, dating back to when he was in the military and in a position
to benefit from corporate corruption.He said most Gulf states required foreigners give a local business partner a 51% stake in start-up ventures. In Egypt,
the figure is commonly nearer 20%, but still gives politicians and
close allies in the military a source of huge profits with no initial
outlay and little risk."Almost every project needs a sponsor and Mubarak was well-placed to take advantage of any deals on offer," he said."Much
of his money is in Swiss bank accounts and London property. These are
the favourites of Middle Eastern leaders and there is no reason to think
Mubarak is any different. Gamal's Wilton Place home is likely to be the
tip of the iceberg."Al Khabar named a series of major western
companies that, partnered with the Mubarak family, generated an
estimated $15m a year in profits.Aladdin Elaasar, author of The
Last Pharaoh: Mubarak and the Uncertain Future of Egypt in the Obama
Age, said the Mubaraks own several residences in Egypt, some inherited
from previous presidents and the monarchy, and others the president has
commissioned.Hotels and land around the Sharm el-Sheikh tourist resort are also a source of Mubarak family wealth.