22 arrested in Catalonia for rerouting public funds for independence bid

National Police have been involved in raids in northeast Spain that have led to the arrest of 22 people on Thursday on suspicion they were linked to the alleged rerouting of public funds to entities connected to an illegal pro-independence bid launched by Catalonia last year, sources close to the investigation told EFE.

Mubarak funds will be returned to Egypt only if proven to be illicit gains - Swiss attorney-general

 Switzerland cannot start the retrieval process from Swiss banks for the frozen assets of Egyptian ex-president Hosni Mubarak without verifying they were obtained through embezzling public funds, Swiss attorney-general Michael Lauber said on Saturday.