As part of the “Corruption Casebook” series, Partners for Transparency continues to issue monthly reports to monitor and follow up on corruption incidents, which focus on monitoring and analyzing legislative and procedural developments related to combating corruption, as well as listing the facts that were revealed during the month of April 2021, and classifying them by sector. Geographically, with the aim of identifying the sectors that witness the most corruption incidents, as well as the governorates in which these incidents are most concentrated.

Corruption incidents that are announced from time to time indicate the existence of serious moves by the state to combat corruption and eradicate it from state institutions, especially those incidents related to the seizure of state lands. The successive strikes of the Administrative Control Authority on corruption hotbeds and combating bribery among state officials of different positions and influence revealed the existence of a real political will towards confronting corruption and uprooting it at its roots, given its expensive economic cost, which is estimated at billions of pounds.

With regard to corruption incidents, 205 corruption incidents were recorded during the month of April in about 8 main sectors, compared to 220 incidents recorded last March, a decrease of 6.8%. Violations related to the catering sector occupied the lead - as usual - with 124 corruption incidents, representing alone 60% of the total corruption incidents during April, followed by the health sector with 38 incidents and 18%.

Geographically, Cairo governorate ranked first at the level of the Republic in corruption incidents during the month of April with a number of 25 incidents and a rate of 12% of the total incidents under study, after it ranked third during the month of March. Al-Qalyubia” alone recorded 28% of the total corruption incidents at the level of the republic, which is a very high percentage, especially since these governorates are overcrowded on the one hand, and government interests and institutions on the other