In pictures: Egypt's 'wheeler-dealer spy'

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An undated photo of Hussein Salem shaking hands with Zakaria Azmi, the former chief of staff for Hosni Mubarak. According to Karem Yahia, the writer of The Black Box: Hussein Salem Story, Mr Salem held another job – a spy for Egypt’s intelligence serv???
An undated photo of Hussein Salem shaking hands with Zakaria Azmi, the former chief of staff for Hosni Mubarak. According to Karem Yahia, the writer of The Black Box: Hussein Salem Story, Mr Salem held another job – a spy for Egypt’s intelligence serv???
The families of Salem and Mubarak were close, according to investigators in Egypt's Illicit Gains Authority. This undated photo shows Khaled Salem, left, at a meeting with Suzanne Mubarak sitting in the centre.
The families of Salem and Mubarak were close, according to investigators in Egypt's Illicit Gains Authority. This undated photo shows Khaled Salem, left, at a meeting with Suzanne Mubarak sitting in the centre.
An undated photo of Hussein Salem, right, with Mamdouh El Beltagi, Egypt's former tourism minister in Sharm El Sheikh. Mr Salem was known as the “Father of Sharm El Sheikh� for his role in pioneering the construction of resorts during the mid 1980s. B???
An undated photo of Hussein Salem, right, with Mamdouh El Beltagi, Egypt's former tourism minister in Sharm El Sheikh. Mr Salem was known as the “Father of Sharm El Sheikh� for his role in pioneering the construction of resorts during the mid 1980s. B???
Postcard from a president's trip to Baden-Baden. Most accounts say Hussein Salem and Hosni Mubarak, then vice-president, met in 1977, shortly after Mr Salem returned from the UAE after making his fortune in a food import business. From there, according to???
Postcard from a president's trip to Baden-Baden. Most accounts say Hussein Salem and Hosni Mubarak, then vice-president, met in 1977, shortly after Mr Salem returned from the UAE after making his fortune in a food import business. From there, according to???
Hussein Salem shakes hands with Samir Fahmy, the former Minister of Petroleum for Egypt. “There was no doubt he was a wheeler-dealer," says Karim Oweiss, the former chief of Egypt’s economic mission to the United Nations "He knew how to meet the righ???
Hussein Salem shakes hands with Samir Fahmy, the former Minister of Petroleum for Egypt. “There was no doubt he was a wheeler-dealer," says Karim Oweiss, the former chief of Egypt’s economic mission to the United Nations "He knew how to meet the righ???
A photo that was part of the evidence gathered from Egypt's Illicit Gains Authority from the home of Hussein Salem. Pictured is Mr Salem, 79, and his son Khaled Salem on what appears to be a private jet. Corruption investigators are looking into the sale ???
A photo that was part of the evidence gathered from Egypt's Illicit Gains Authority from the home of Hussein Salem. Pictured is Mr Salem, 79, and his son Khaled Salem on what appears to be a private jet. Corruption investigators are looking into the sale ???
Hussein Salem, right, meets with Hosni Mubarak's personal secretary, Gamal Abdel Aziz, left, and Ahmed Shafiq, centre, the former minister of civil aviation and Mubarak's last prime minister. Mr Salem represented Egypt’s state-owned Arab Company for Ex???
Hussein Salem, right, meets with Hosni Mubarak's personal secretary, Gamal Abdel Aziz, left, and Ahmed Shafiq, centre, the former minister of civil aviation and Mubarak's last prime minister. Mr Salem represented Egypt’s state-owned Arab Company for Ex???