Mubarak is serving a separate three-year sentence for embezzlement of public funds.

Act Now's Eddie Tanago says the embezzlement of public funds by civil servants is rife.

At the same time, he has pledged to clean up government and clamp down on embezzlement of public funds.

Egypt's public prosecutor has summoned Hosni Mubarak for questioning over the killing of protesters and the embezzlement of public funds.

A Saudi lawyer closely linked to the case said about 200 accused face charges of corruption and embezzlement of public funds.

In March donors threatened to withhold aid to Uganda if the government did not act urgently to stem embezzlement of public funds.

Their aim was to reach the home of Moise, who has been implicated in allegations of corruption and embezzlement of public funds.

Act Now's Eddie Tanago told Ben Robinson Drawbridge the embezzlement of public funds by civil servants in PNG causes unnecessary deaths and hardship.

Switzerland has argued for faster global implementation of a U.N. anti-corruption convention that criminalises bribery, money laundering and the embezzlement of public funds.

A French judge has placed former President Jacques Chirac under formal investigation for embezzlement of public funds during his time as mayor of Paris.

Awaiting trial for spying as well as charges of embezzlement of public funds to finance it, he faces up to 21 years in prison.

The attorney general, Roberto Gurgel, has said it was "the most daring and outrageous corruption scheme and embezzlement of public funds ever seen in Brazil".