The Crooks Return to Cairo
CAIRO — As crowds packed streets throughout Egypt during the2011 uprising that overthrew autocrat Hosni Mubarak, it wasn’t only the politicians and generals in Cairo who were scrambling to protect their interests. With the old regime teetering, business tycoons connected to the regime packed up their bags — and their billions — and fled the country.
Egypt's government is happily letting exiled billionaires and convicted Mubarak cronies buy their way back home.
CAIRO — As crowds packed streets throughout Egypt during the2011 uprising that overthrew autocrat Hosni Mubarak, it wasn’t only the politicians and generals in Cairo who were scrambling to protect their interests. With the old regime teetering, business tycoons connected to the regime packed up their bags — and their billions — and fled the country.