According to the May 11, 2011 statement by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, CHF 410 million (US$428,373,000) in assets held by Egyptian individuals belonging to the former Mubarak government had been frozen in Switzerland. The statement noted: "The freezing of these assets does not demonstrate their legal or illegal origin. Thus, it is now up to the Egyptian judicial authorities to determine, through criminal proceedings, whether these assets were illicitly acquired. Switzerland hopes to be able to quickly return to the Egyptian people all frozen assets whose origin is proved by the Egyptian authorities to be illegal. It is ready to cooperate with the Egyptian authorities on international mutual legal assistance." (Source: Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, "Swiss delegation of experts in Cairo," May 11, 2011.) On February 11, 2011, the Swiss Government announced that it had passed a special ordinance blocking any assets in Switzerland of the former President Mubarak and parties close to him. The special ordinance (revised February 16) remains valid for three years. (Source: Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Media Release, "Federal Council orders freezing of any assets of Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak in Switzerland," February 11, 2011, provides links to the special ordinances.)