UK calls for international action on Mubarak assets

LONDON, (Reuters) – A British government minister  said yesterday there should be an international approach to  dealing with the overseas assets of deposed Egyptian president  Hosni Mubarak and his family.

A spokesman for Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said  the financial crime agency was looking for assets in Britain  linked to Mubarak in case there was any request to seize them.

So far only Switzerland has announced a freeze on assets  that might belong to Mubarak, who stood down