The Egyptian prosecution arrested the brother of former Finance Minister Youssef Boutros Ghali on Wednesday, February 13 for four days under investigation in the case of Italy’s diplomatic bags of smuggled antiquities. Attorney General Nabil Sadek officially announced the arrival of the smuggled antiquities at Cairo Airport on July 30. Last year, the Egyptian Public Prosecution recognized the presence of Egyptian antiquities seized in the Italian city Salerno. Taking further steps regarding this evidence, Sadek requested the Ministry of Antiquities to send a team of archaeologists to Italy to examine the smuggled antiquities. Egypt’s public prosecution immediately informed the Italian authorities that Egypt has the full right to have these smuggled antiquities back.

Source: Egypt Independent February 14, 2019 12:00 UTC