When police in Madrid began investigating Hussein Salem, they discovered large sums of money transferred to Spanish bank accounts - funds they believe were acquired illegally in Egypt.

马德里警方对沙列姆展开调查的时候发现大笔资金被转移到西班牙银行账户——他们相信这是在埃及非法聚敛的财富。

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Businessman Hussein Salem, a close associated of Mubarak, is being retried in his absence - he went to Spain after being cleared of fraud in his first trial.

BBC: Egypt judge withdraws from Mubarak trial

Prosecutors said last month, in proceedings related by civil rights lawyer Khaled Abu Bakr, that Mubarak's businessman friend Hussein Salem got the right to export gas to Israel through a private company Salem owned.

CNN: Egyptian companies abruptly halt gas exports to Israel