Partners for Transparency issues its monthly report “Corruption Status Book” for the month of February
140 corruption incidents in February, and efforts to control the various markets are still continuing
Within the framework of the “Corruption Cases Book” series, “Partners for Transparency” continues to issue monthly reports to monitor and follow up incidents of corruption 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 February 2023. , and classifying them sectorally and geographically, with the aim of identifying the sectors that most witness incidents of corruption, as well as the most governorates in which these incidents are concentrated.
According to the Foundation's report, February recorded a decrease in the number of corruption incidents, as 140 incidents were recorded, compared to 164 corruption incidents recorded last January, representing a decrease of 15 % in the corruption rate, while incidents of corruption related to catering are still at the top of the most corrupt incidents, as 65 corruption incidents were recorded, at a rate of 46 % out of the total incidents witnessed in February, followed closely by the agriculture and land encroachments sector with 38 incidents and at a rate of 27 % out of the total incidents under study, and the health sector ranked third with 17 corruption incidents and at a rate of 12 % out of the total The facts of corruption.

Geographically, and repeatedly, the Buhaira governorate ranked first among the Egyptian governorates in terms of corruption incidents during the month of February, by recording 15 incidents, with a ratio of 10.5 TP2T of the total incidents, while 3 governorates together recorded a rate of 23.5 TP2T of the total incidents of corruption at the level of the Republic. Making them the most corrupt governorates during February, and the governorates are “Beheira, Western, and Eastern.”