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Block on assets linked to dictators

GENEVA: Switzerland has blocked nearly one billion SwFr (£670 million) in stolen assets linked to dictators in four countries at the centre of the Arab spring – Egypt, Libya, Syria and Tunisia, the Swiss foreign ministry has said.

The bulk of the assets are said to be tied to former President Hosni Mubarak and his entourage.

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