Egypt... Referring 3 businessmen and a famous doctor to trial on charges of smuggling antiquities

The competent investigation authorities in Egypt referred 3 businessmen, a famous doctor, and 4 other defendants to criminal trial, accusing them of excavation, trafficking and smuggling pharaonic antiquities abroad, and their discovery of an ancient cemetery and a pharaonic sarcophagus.

The list of defendants includes: "Mahmoud M. M. - 45 years old - a businessman and owner of an import and export company, Rami A. A. - 40 years - a businessman and owner of a decoration office, Muhammad A. A. - 46 years old - a contractor, and Muhammad S.R. - 34 years old - driver.

It also includes, "Ahmed R. M. - 53 years old - a famous free human doctor, Rajab A. A. - 52 years old - a property guard, Tariq M. H. - 58 years old - a businessman and chairman of a hotel management company, and Abdel-Aty M. C. - 58 years old - driver.

The investigation authorities directed the accused in the decision to refer them to criminal trial on charges that they secretly conducted excavations with the intent of smuggling antiquities extracted from them, and they also conducted excavations with the intent of obtaining antiquities without a license.

The investigation authorities charged them with having formed a gang whose purposes were to smuggle antiquities out of the country, and that they had attacked an archaeological land by excavating it without a license, and they had also hidden an antiquity obtained from the crime of excavating antiquities.

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