Partners call for enhanced market oversight and combating commercial fraud and fake educational entities.

The “Partners for Transparency” Foundation issued its monthly report, “Corruption Logbook for October 2026,” which monitored 75 corruption incidents in various sectors, recording a decrease in the number of recorded corruption incidents.

The report showed that the supply sector continued to top the list of the most corrupt sectors for the tenth consecutive month with a rate of 33.33%, followed by the local government and administrative corruption sector with a rate of 25.33%, then the financial and banking sector with a rate of 18.67%, then the education sector with a rate of 16.00%, and finally the health sector with a rate of 6.67%.

Giza Governorate came in first place with 17.33% of the total observed incidents, followed by Cairo Governorate with 16.00%, then Beheira Governorate with 9.33%. These three governorates together constituted about 42.67% of the total corruption incidents during the month.

The report indicated that oversight activity continued during October, with relevant authorities conducting more than 25 inspection campaigns in the supply sector, over 14 campaigns to combat money laundering, embezzlement, and illicit enrichment, and more than 7 campaigns to shut down unlicensed and bogus educational entities and academies. The month also saw the issuance of prison sentences in cases of embezzlement, bribery, forgery of official documents, and misappropriation of public funds. Additionally, officials and employees were referred to criminal and disciplinary trials on charges of embezzlement and financial and administrative violations. Furthermore, oversight campaigns were intensified to apprehend unlicensed medical entities and individuals impersonating doctors.

The report recommended the need to intensify market oversight to reduce commercial fraud, enhance oversight of the financial sector using artificial intelligence technologies to monitor suspicious transactions, establish electronic verification rules for educational entities, expedite the issuance of the Local Government Law, tighten oversight of the health sector and medical facilities, enact a law to protect whistleblowers, and launch community awareness campaigns to promote a culture of transparency and accountability.