Partners for Transparency issues its monthly report “Corruption Casebook” for the month of May

81 incidents of corruption and extensive monitoring campaigns on markets to control the prices of food supplies

Within the framework of the “Corruption Casebook” series, the “Partners for Transparency” Foundation continues to issue monthly reports to monitor and follow up on corruption incidents in Egypt, which focus on monitoring and analyzing legislative and procedural developments related to combating corruption, as well as listing the incidents that were revealed during the month of May 2024. , and classify them sectorally and 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.

May recorded a decrease in the number of corruption incidents, as 81 incidents were recorded, compared to the 94 corruption incidents recorded last April, which represents a decrease of 14 % in the corruption rate, and the catering sector topped the list in the number of incidents during May, as 39 corruption incidents were recorded, with a percentage of 48 % of the total incidents witnessed in the month of May, closely followed by the agriculture and land encroachments sector, with 19 incidents and a percentage of 23 % of the total incidents under study. The health sector came in third place with 14 incidents of corruption and a percentage of 17 % of the total incidents of corruption.

Geographically, Beheira Governorate repeatedly ranked first among the Egyptian governorates in terms of corruption incidents during the month of May, by recording 10 incidents and a percentage of 12% of the total incidents, while 4 governorates combined recorded a percentage of 35% of the total incidents of corruption nationwide, making it The most corrupt governorates during May are “Beheira, Sharqia, Dakahlia, and Cairo.”