72 corruption incidents, and a parliamentary division over the establishment of an anti-corruption body

72 incidents of corruption, and a parliamentary split over the establishment of an anti-corruption commission

December 10, 2016

Corruption Status Book

The seventeenth report “November 2016”

72 incidents of corruption, and a parliamentary split over the establishment of an anti-corruption commission

Introduction:

Within the framework of the “Corruption Status Book” series, “Partners for Transparency” PFT continues to issue monthly reports to monitor and follow up incidents of corruption, and here is the seventeenth report issued by the institution, which focuses on monitoring and analyzing legislative and procedural developments related to combating corruption, as well as counting the incidents that It was covered by various media during the month of November 2016.

The month of November witnessed a remarkable move by the Administrative Control Authority by investigating corruption cases in state institutions that were published in newspapers, websites and social media, and opening hotlines to receive any reports of any administrative corruption incident in any state institution, and the authority is also preparing to present an anti-corruption bill to Parliament.

Parliament also witnessed a conflict of views regarding the establishment of an anti-corruption commission and the presentation of the Representative, Anisa Hassouna, for a draft law to establish a body, and some MPs rejected this proposal, justifying this by interfering with the supervisory bodies currently operating and also may cost the state treasury additional financial burdens without the need for it and this is a waste of public money.

Legislative measures to combat corruption during the month of November 2016:

November 1, 2016: Yusra Al-Maghazi, deputy of the Parliament's Housing Committee, said that the waste of public money in the Holding Company for Drinking Water and Sanitation exceeds 3 billion pounds, and this matter must be stopped immediately because it is a violation of the rights of the Egyptian people.
November 1, 2016: Fathi Jibril, Assistant Head of the Administrative Control Authority, signed during his visit to the Cameroonian capital, Yaounde, a memorandum of understanding between Egypt and Cameroon in the field of combating corruption, which includes exchanging information on the various mechanisms pursued by the countries in the framework of protecting public funds, as well as organizing training courses for the Cameroonian side.
November 1, 2016: The works of the Third Arab Conference on Administrative Reform and Development entitled (The Role of Civil Service Laws and Public Employment in Institutional Excellence) concluded, held by the Arab Organization for Administrative Development, and under the generous patronage of Dr. Ashraf Al-Arabi, Minister of Planning, Follow-up and Administrative Reform in the Arab Republic of Egypt, during the period from October 30 - 1 November 2016 at the organization's headquarters in Cairo - Arab Republic of Egypt. The conference also recommended the necessity of linking wages with spending, rationalizing government spending, and activating the role of regulatory institutions.
November 2, 2016: A judicial source at the Administrative Prosecution Authority revealed that the authority is close to finalizing the texts of the anti-corruption bill that was announced by the head of the commission, advisor Ali Rizk in Parliament two days ago, in preparation for presenting it to Parliament in the coming days, indicating that the law provides for support for anti-corruption projects, explaining that The committee formed by the head of the authority in the Administrative Prosecution Authority, works to consolidate the law with all texts to confront corruption in any party to ensure the smooth progress of work based on the emphasis of the head of the authority.
November 5, 2016: The Administrative Prosecution Authority undertook the investigation of more than 70 cases of administrative corruption in the various institutions in the country based on the orders of the head of the Administrative Prosecution Authority, where the advisor ordered Ali Rizq, the head of the Authority, since he assumed responsibility, to form an information center that includes a number of consultants to monitor all violations published in newspapers and websites as well as social media sites, He also ordered the opening of hotlines to receive any reports of any administrative corruption incident in any state institution.
November 5, 2016: The Administrative Control Authority held a training program for its members in the field of preventing and combating corruption according to the latest modern scientific systems and methods, and in a related context, a delegation from the Administrative Control Authority, "the body responsible for combating corruption in Egypt" headed by Major General Magdy Youssef, Assistant President of the Authority, visited the International Anti-Corruption Academy to discuss Topics of common interest.
November 6, 2016: Ambassador Alaa Youssef, the spokesperson for the Presidency of the Republic, stated about the meeting that President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi held with the Prime Minister, the Governor of the Central Bank and a group of ministers, saying, “The meeting dealt with the efforts of the supervisory authorities in combating corruption, and the meeting also discussed following up on the implementation of what has been taken from Economic decisions during the last period, especially with regard to liberalizing the exchange rate and eliminating the parallel market for foreign exchange, as well as the decisions approved by the Supreme Investment Council during its first meeting held last week.
November 7, 2016: A group of members of the House of Representatives submitted urgent statements in implementation of Article 215 of the internal regulations, and they addressed their statement to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Petroleum regarding the increase in gasoline and diesel prices without informing the Council of these daily successive decisions that affect the daily life of citizens and also the waste of public money in the petrol card system .
November 8, 2016: The Ministry of Housing authorized a private company to conduct investigations about applicants for social housing apartments, which gives an opportunity for favoritism and corruption and giving units to those who are not eligible.
November 9, 2016: Engineer Gaber Desouky, Chairman of the Egyptian Electricity Holding Company, issued a decision to form a permanent committee to follow up the legal departments in its subsidiary companies, to speed up the completion of what was decided by the Ministry's Anti-Corruption Committee, and to express opinion on controversial issues between the legal sectors, unify opinion about them, and circulate them to all companies.
November 9, 2016: Dr. Mohamed Fouad, a member of the House of Representatives, stated that he would address a question to the Minister of Culture about the waste of public money in the fund for financing opera activities by about 30 million pounds per year by nearly 10 years, denouncing the role of the Parliament's Culture and Information Committee for not deciding on this issue in the role of The first meeting with an unjustified blackout on the matter.
November 10, 2016: Eng. Hisham Bayoumi, head of Barakat al-Saba 'city center in Menoufia governorate, revealed that he had conducted a number of movements within the technical offices of the local units in the center, and Bayoumi confirmed that the movements come within the framework of eliminating any attempts at corruption in the local units and combating bribery and favoritism.
November 10, 2016: The Public Prosecutor opens an investigation with the Minister of Irrigation and the governors of “the Red Sea, Assiut, Sohag and Qena,” the head of the Ras Gharib city council, and the head of the South Upper Egypt Electricity Company, about the flood crisis.
November 13, 2016: The Sixth Circuit North Cairo Criminal Court upheld the Attorney General’s decision to prevent the disposal of 27 defendants and their wives and minor children from disposing of their money pending the accusation in the case of corruption of wheat silos.
November 13, 2016: Sami Al-Mashad, a member of the Health Committee in the House of Representatives, said that the medicine crisis facing the Egyptian market in the recent period is not new, indicating that the current government and parliament are paying the price for the corruption of the past years.
November 14, 2016: Counselor Ali Rizk addressed the head of the Administrative Prosecution Authority, Eng. Sherif Ismail, Prime Minister, regarding what was revealed by the investigations of the Administrative Prosecution regarding the failure of the Egyptian Company for Medicines Trade to distribute 5,2066 packages of the drug “Clatazev”, a treatment for viral hepatitis, worth 68 million pounds, despite the expiration of those packages. In the months of March, May and June of next year.
November 14, 2016: Dr. Ahmed Zaki Badr, Minister of Local Development, confirmed during a session at Akhbar Al-Youm Economic Conference that the Civil Service Law will eliminate many manifestations of corruption, and that our role is for corruption to become minimal, pointing out that whoever does not recognize the existence of corruption will laugh at himself.
November 14, 2016: Yasser Al-Qadi, Minister of Communications, said during Akhbar Al-Youm conference that the information and communication technology sector contributes to fighting corruption by building systems that make it easier for citizens to obtain services without friction with the one who provided them, pointing out that Egypt has advanced in indicators of transparency and anti-corruption and the civil service law is a path towards reform.
November 14, 2016: Deputy Mohamed Abdo, a member of the Tourism Committee, said that the committee will hold a meeting to discuss what was raised about the existence of money laundering in EgyptAir, and some former officials' manipulation of ticket prices to take advantage of the differences in the dollar exchange rates. He added, "EgyptAir smells good, and a company with a capital of 1.8 billion dollars cannot lose 15 billion pounds."
November 16, 2016: Deputy Medhat al-Sharif, deputy of the Economic Committee in the House of Representatives, submitted a briefing request to the Speaker, demanding that the government disclose the steps it had made in the anti-corruption program, in accordance with the action plan announced by the National Coordinating Committee to Combat Corruption. He also made clear that confidence in the current government was renewed after its commitment to implement the main objectives of the strategy. The National Anti-Corruption Commission also referred to the role of Parliament to implement that strategy, pointing out that the principle of transparency and rational government are the main objectives that the International Monetary Fund has listed on its website within the framework of 14 questions it has written about the mechanisms for granting the fund's loan to Egypt.
November 17, 2016 Khaled Hilali, a member of the House of Representatives, called for the formation of a committee that includes experts from the Ministry of Antiquities, members of Parliament and the Governor of Kafr El Sheikh or his representative, to discuss a mechanism for how to benefit from the lands belonging to the antiquities in the governorate that are not exploited to stop the bleeding of encroachment on them, which is estimated at 1.5 billion pounds.
November 17, 2016: The Minister of Aviation, Sherif Fathy, confirmed that there is no truth to what was published on a news site that there are files of corruption in booking airline tickets, stressing that he encourages those who have any documents to quickly present them to the competent authorities and support them personally.
November 18, 2016: The Governor of the New Valley, Major General Mahmoud Ashmawy, held an expanded meeting at the governorate’s office in the presence of directors of government and service departments and directorates, and the heads of the five administrative centers to discuss ways to combat corruption. He also instructed the heads of departments and directorates to provide surveillance cameras within each department and government agency to detect any corruption crimes within it, and to evaluate the performance of each employee While performing the service to citizens.
November 18, 2016: Dr. Ahmed Zaki Badr, Minister of Local Development, acknowledged the existence of corruption in all sectors, but he emphasized fighting it by all means during his visit to Luxor Governorate and pointed out that his visit witnessed discussion of several problems to work on solving them in the governorate, pointing out that everything related to industrial zones will be transferred to the subordination of the Ministry of Industry, and granting Industrial licenses.
November 19, 2016: The Central Agency for Organization and Administration, in coordination with the Ministry of Planning, Follow-up and Administrative Reform, is organizing a workshop on mechanisms for implementing the Civil Service Law from 20 to 24 November, and the Minister of Planning and Administrative Reform, Dr. Ashraf Al-Arabi, Minister of Local Development Dr. Ahmed Zaki Badr and Adviser Dr. Muhammad Jamil Rais will participate in the workshop. The Central Agency for Organization and Administration and a number of academics.
November 19, 2016: Mohamed Akl, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education, announced that the Ministry will organize a comprehensive community dialogue on developing and reforming the education system, on the next Monday and Tuesday at 9 am in Education City, 6th of October, based on the mandates of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, and under the auspices of Eng. Sherif Ismail Prime Minister, under the supervision of Dr. Hilali El-Sherbiny, Minister of Education.
November 22, 2016: Dr. Muhammad Sultan, the governor of Al-Buhaira, confirmed the existence of an integrated plan to combat corruption within government institutions, especially with regard to cases of wasting public money, adding that 175 employees have been referred to the Public and Administrative Prosecution during the past two months for accusations in 35 cases related to wasting public money and career profit, in addition to their involvement In financial and administrative violations.
November 23, 2016: Counselor / Ali Rizk, Chairman of the Administrative Control Authority, said during his meeting with the journalist Sherif Amer, on the program “It is happening in Egypt that the Authority monitors all violations published by the media; To investigate them and hold those responsible accountable, adding: “The role of the various regulatory authorities is to monitor the various agencies, prepare reports on any violations, and report them to the Public Prosecution office, for the values of disciplinary or oversight advocacy.” He referred to the administrative prosecution's authority to impose penalties on the erring employees without Refer to the agency or body affiliated with it, stressing that at the present time, citizens have begun to radiate the value of the administrative prosecution, and its role, with its distinction of fairness, integrity, and impartiality.
November 23, 2016: The State Land Recovery Committee headed by Eng. Ibrahim Mahlab revealed a new surprise included in the report of the Governor of Cairo, which confirmed the counting of 15,791 cases of encroachment on state lands in the governorate, with a total area of 3 million and 646 thousand square meters in several areas in the neighborhoods of Maadi, Al-Basateen, Al-Muqattam, Al-Khalifa and central Cairo. Engineer Ibrahim Mahlab, Assistant President of the Republic for National and Strategic Projects, Technical Secretariat of the Committee, in coordination with the governorate, to remove these violations, and start with flagrant cases, with the governorate forming an operations room for permanent contact with the technical secretariat to follow up the implementation processes.
November 23, 2016: Ghada Wali, the Minister of Social Solidarity, approved, during her meeting with the Control and Anti-Corruption Committee, customer satisfaction survey forms on the services provided by the various sectors in the ministry, and requested the minister to study the transformation of all services provided on paper into electronic services.
November 24, 2016: Muhammad al-Atefi, head of the Badrasheen city council, said that one of the causes of corruption in local units is the citizen’s direct dealing with the employee, especially in obtaining building permits. He also explained that the Ministry of Local Development has established technological units in cities and centers to reduce corruption and separate the service applicant from the service provider.
November 24, 2016: The General Office of the Red Sea Governorate held the monthly periodic meeting of the Coordinating Subcommittee on Combating Corruption in the meeting room of the Governorate General’s Office in the presence of representatives of the cities and districts in the governorate to discuss the flood disaster that befell the city of Ras Gharib. The governorate officials also responded to the criticism directed at them that the monitors did not inform them only three days before it. They can monitor the amount of torrent water, and it is not possible to place equipment near the torrential water so that it is not lost by the disaster.
November 24, 2016: Mohamed Al-Amari, head of the Parliament's Health Committee, said that a fact-finding committee will be formed from the committee to find out who are in charge of monopolistic practices in the drug market, who store varieties of it in order to raise its prices and thirst for the market. He also stressed cooperation with the regulatory agencies and the Consumer Protection Agency to inspect monopolists.
November 26, 2016: Elizabeth Shaker, a member of Parliament, said that the talk about the draft law to establish a national anti-corruption commission is a fool to fight corruption, and it interferes with the oversight bodies that uncover corruption operations. She added that there are oversight bodies that are present and practice their work with full force and take measures against the spoilers, and periodically reveal operations Corruption streak.
November 26, 2016: Parliamentary Representative Fayza Abdel-Hafez said: Egypt is going through a state of austerity, confirming that the establishment of an anti-corruption agency will cause conflict of tasks between the supervisory bodies on the ground and the anti-corruption agency, and each will throw the responsibility on the other, as it will make the state treasury additional financial burdens.
November 27, 2016: A source at the Ministry of Justice said that the Ministry of Anti-Corruption and Complaints General Administration received during the current year 2016 the number of 20 thousand and 373 complaints, and the department examined all complaints received by it, with the knowledge of legal researchers and technical members of the administration, and those complaints were directed to the competent authorities to take the necessary actions regarding them to benefit What is being done, and the Department also follows up on those complaints with the competent authorities.
November 28, 2016: A judicial source revealed that the National Committee for the Recovery of Assets, Funds and Assets Abroad, headed by the Attorney General, Counselor Nabil Sadiq, agreed to a request to complete the reconciliation process with the former Minister of Trade and Industry, Rashid Mohamed Rashid, in his accusation of wealth inflation, in exchange for the payment of 500 million pounds, pointing to It is expected that the completion of the reconciliation process will be announced within the next few hours.
November 29, 2016: MP Muhammad Badawi Desouki, a member of the Transport and Communications Committee of the House of Representatives, submitted a request for information to Dr. Ashraf Sharkawy, Minister of Public Business Sector, regarding corruption and wasting public money in the Nasr General Contracting Company “Hassan Muhammad Allam”, one of the Holding Company for Construction companies. He also submitted another briefing request to Dr. Jalal. Al-Saeed, Minister of Transport, on corruption and waste of public money in the General Nile Company for Desert Roads and the General Nile for Construction and Pavement of the Holding Company for Road Projects of the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
November 30, 2016: Eng. Ibrahim Mahleb, Assistant to the President for National and Strategic Projects, asked the head of the Central Auditing Organization to form a committee to review the debt of the Reconstruction Authority, after the committee revealed that the data of the Reconstruction Authority's dues were incomplete, which might affect the level of collection and increase the chances of corruption and waste of public money.

General features of corruption incidents during November 2016:

First: Distribution of corruption incidents according to sectors:

Previous data indicate that the Ministry of Supply still ranks first among corruption incidents with a score of 20 out of a total of 72 incidents of corruption during the month of November 2016, followed by the Ministry of Health with 7 incidents of corruption, followed by each of the localities and agriculture sectors with 5 incidents for each of them, followed by each of The communications, information technology, and interior sector with 4 incidents of corruption for each of them, then comes the Ministry of Justice and Finance with 3 incidents for each of them, after that comes the Ministry of Housing, Petroleum, Social Solidarity, Civil Aviation, Education and Endowments, with two incidents of corruption for each of them. Finally, the Ministry of Higher Education and Investment, Parliament, Trade Unions, the Public Business Sector and Regulatory Agencies and the Ministry of Trade, Industry, Environment and Administrative Development had only one incident out of a total of 72 corruption incidents during the month of November 2016.

Second: Distribution of corruption incidents according to the position of the case:

Previous data indicate that The incidents under investigation came first among the corruption incidents during November 2016, where the largest percentage was recorded at 82% out of a total of 72 incidents, followed by the incidents under trial with 8 %, then the incidents that were not investigated came with a score of 6 %, the incidents that were judged came in the order. The latter increased by 4% of total facts.

Third: The distribution of corruption incidents according to the governorates:

Cairo governorate still occupies the largest share of corruption incidents during the month of November 2016 due to the concentration of administrative headquarters in it, as it obtained 32% of corruption incidents during November 2016, followed by Giza governorate with a percentage of 13%, followed by Gharbia governorate with a rate of 8%, followed by Alexandria Governorate by 7%, then the governorate Menoufia, with 5%, while Beheira and Sohag governorates each got 4%, then Qalyubia, Minya, Beni Suef, Wadi Good, Damietta, Dakahlia, Sharkia and Luxor governorates got 3% for each of them out of a total of 72 incidents of corruption, while both governorates got Ismailia and Qena ranked last, with 1% ratings for both of them during November 2016.

Incidents of corruption that were detected during November 2016:

The regulatory authorities revealed that 3 employees had seized a trust in the Egyptian Wholesale Trade Company with supplies of 9 million pounds and sold them on the black market. (Al Bawaba News - 1 November 2016)
The Supreme Disciplinary Court has ruled to punish 8 officials of the Sales Tax Authority after it is proven that they have tampered with the payment of the monetary compensation to the employees referred to the pension in excess of what they are legally entitled to.(Vito -2 November 2016)
Seizing 6,500 tons of flour and sugar before selling them on the black market in Beheira(The seventh day - November 2, 2016)
Members of the Administrative Control Authority in Tanta managed to catch an official in the engineering department in the Awal Tanta district while receiving a bribe in exchange for facilitating the violating construction of a contractor at an amount of 5,000 pounds.(News portal - 2 November 2016)
99 tons of rice and 50 tons of sugar were seized before being sold on the black market(Vito -2 November 2016)
The Administrative Control Authority in Minya Governorate managed to arrest an employee in the Personnel Affairs Department in the Minya Endowment Directorate after receiving an amount of 25 thousand pounds from a citizen in exchange for appointing a citizen in the Endowments Directorate in Minya Governorate.(Administrative Control Authority - 3 November 2016)
Counselor Ali Rizk, head of the Administrative Prosecution Authority, referred a number of officials of the Village Bank in Nagaa Hammadi of the Development and Agricultural Credit Bank in Qena to disciplinary trial on charges of wasting public money.(Judge Online -3 November 2016)
The seizure of 500 kilograms of flour subsidized in Giza before it was sold on the black market. (Vito - 4 November 2016)
The Anti-Public Fund Crime Department in the Sohag Security Directorate revealed 3 million pounds of corruption in the local unit in Al-Ghurayzat in Sohag, through deliberate damage and facilitating the seizure of public money by not using the collection books and clearance books in the revenue section and the record of accounts for the total sums collected and the state property records.(Al Bawaba News - 4 November 2016)
The referral of an employee who embezzled one million and 200 thousand pounds from Minia University to the prosecution.(Al Bawaba News - 4 November 2016)
The General Administration of Public Funds Investigation managed to arrest an employee of a court in Cairo on charges of defrauding citizens, taking advantage of the nature of his work.(The seventh day - November 4, 2016)
Seizing 10 tons of subsidized petrol before it was smuggled and sold on the black market in Sohag (The seventh day - 5 November 2016)
The North Cairo Criminal Court decided to postpone the trial of the former investment minister’s office manager, an official in the Nozha neighborhood, and five businessmen involved in receiving and offering financial bribes to the January 4th session.(Vito - November 5, 2016)
The Beni Suef Prosecution Office is conducting an extensive investigation into the disappearance of 9,425 tons of wheat from Shona in the Samasta district.(Al-Shorouk - 5 November 2016)
A number of leaders in the Solidarity Directorate in the New Valley Governorate called for the cancellation of the mandate of the acting director of the directorate. As a result of failure in management, sowing discord among employees, and wasting public money. (Citizen's Right - November 5, 2016)
Dr. Essam Fayed, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, referred 3 of the leaders of the Agricultural Research Center to investigate against the background of wasting public money in the vaccine oils used in the production of FMD vaccine in the Research Institute of Serums and Vaccines at the Agricultural Research Center and did not benefit from it in the production of vaccines and vaccines.Portal News - 6 November 2016)
The administrative prosecution summons the managers of the holding for airports to investigate corruption cases, which consisted of obtaining unjust sums and rewards in order to make a decision about them.(Al-Bawaba News - November 6, 2016)
25 tons of fortified sugar were seized before it was sold on the black market in Giza.(Al-Bawaba News - November 7, 2016)
The Damietta Prosecution Office is investigating the embezzlement of employees in two social units, amounting to 100 thousand pounds, related to pension funds that belong to widows, orphans and divorced women, with the help of the postal exchange official.(Day Seven - November 7, 2016)
The CAO report revealed incidents of corruption and waste of public money in a sub-union of lawyers in Giza, which consisted of cashing checks on direct orders to some people, spending huge sums on advertisements in national newspapers, and also wasting 6 million pounds in buying a buoy for lawyers and doing maintenance for it.(Delegation - 7 November 2016)
The Alexandria Prosecution office begins investigations into the complaint filed against MP Haitham Hariri, accusing him of wasting public money.(The seventh day - November 8, 2016)
The Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation referred 30 employees and members of the board of directors of 9 associations of the General Monitoring for Development and Cooperation in the Beheira Governorate to the Public Prosecution due to a number of violations revealed by the Ministry's follow-up committees.(Vito - November 8, 2016)
The head of the Administrative Prosecution Authority ordered an investigation into an incident of corruption in the health insurance sector, as some officials of the Health Insurance Authority used their influence to obtain sick certificates for their relatives working in the technical schools in Zeitoun to obtain permits with full pay.(Vito - November 8, 2016)
The investigations of the Administrative Control Authority in Al-Sharqiya revealed an incident of embezzlement of 320 thousand pounds in the endowment department of Faqous, as part of the authority's efforts to strike with an iron fist at the hands of the corrupt.(The seventh day - November 8, 2016)
Seizing 10 tons of food sugar before it was sold on the black market in Giza. (Vito - November 9, 2016)
Renewal of detention of a secretary in the State Council and 3 other lawyers, including the New Urban Communities Authority lawyer, for 15 days pending investigations with them, accusing them of taking a bribe, and forbidding the seizure of a piece of state-owned land.(Vito - November 9, 2016)
The administrative prosecution referred 3 health managers to investigate incidents of corruption in the Beni Suef fever, and they were suspended from work until the investigation was completed.(Single - November 9, 2016)
The Tanta Prosecution office decided to imprison the former Undersecretary of the Ministry of Supply in Gharbia for 15 days on charges of wasting 41 million pounds. (Delegation - 10 November 2016)
The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health in Menoufia Governorate decided to delegate a committee from the financial and administrative inspection to Al-Bagour General Hospital to investigate the incident of wasting 800 thousand pounds that was disbursed to the cleaning company in violation of the terms of the contract in addition to the problem of violations of the security and cleaning companies in the hospital.(Home - November 10, 2016)
A ton of fortified fertilizers were seized in the lake before they were sold on the black market. (Al Bawaba News - 12 November 2016)
The New Cairo Appellate Misdemeanor Court decided to postpone hearing the appeal submitted by Counselor Hisham Geneina, former head of the Central Auditing Organization, over the ruling of his imprisonment in the case known in the media as “the corruption of 600 billion pounds for the December 22 hearing.(Echo Country - November 10, 2016)
The Supreme State Security Prosecution ordered the imprisonment of both the assistant chairman of the board of directors of a petroleum company for projects, and the assistant general manager of labor supply in the human resources department of another petroleum company working in the field of maintenance, for 15 days pending investigations. The imprisonment decision came after the defendants exchanged bribes, which amounted to 18 million pounds.(Petroleum Today - November 10, 2016)
An insurance company representative was seized for accusing him of tampering with the compulsory insurance documents for vehicles and appropriating their value for his personal benefit, and the documents and deposit receipts were seized.(Echo Country - November 12, 2016)
The Public Funds Prosecution presented a consultant in one of the largest consulting offices in Egypt contracting with the Holding Company for EgyptAir to the Maspero committee to compare his voice print after he received a bribe in exchange for facilitating the approval of business extracts for the benefit of the executing contracting company, and disbursing them from EgyptAir.(Day 7 - 12 November 2016)
The Ismailia Prosecution Office is conducting investigations into the misappropriation of nearly 500 dialysis filters, within the main stock of the hospital's dialysis treatment units.(News portal - November 12, 2016)
Two bakery owners seized for smuggling 127 tons of subsidized flour in the black market in Menoufia (The seventh day - November 13, 2016)
Seized a post office agent in Al Gharbia for seizing clients' funds (Vito - November 14, 2016)
Referring 4 officials of a major bank to trial after it is proven that they have committed gross financial and administrative violations. (Vito - 15 November 2016)
The first public defender of the Public Funds Prosecution ordered the detention of the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Alexandria Consumer Complex Company, until the report of the Administrative Control Authority's investigations was received, in the case of his accusation of wasting public money in the case of the Ganaklis complex.(Al-Masry Al-Youm - November 15, 2016)
The owner of a local bakery was seized selling 3 tons of flour fortified with Tanta (Al-Bawaba News - November 16, 2016)
The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced a police chief at Najdat Al-Salam to life imprisonment on charges of exploiting his influence and killing the seller of Al-Rehab tea. (Vito - November 16, 2016)
A Sports Education Director at the Ministry of Education revealed incidents of corruption in the Ministry, saying, “He was delegated from the Dakahlia Governorate to the Ministry’s General Office since 2014 until he discovered many corruption cases within the Ministry, and many official papers were submitted that prove incidents of corruption, profiteering from public money and cases of embezzlement. From the ministry’s budget since the beginning of last October and has not been investigated until today. (Echo Country - November 17, 2016)
Supply Investigations managed to arrest the head of a supply office in Sharabia for seizing citizens' cards.(Vito - November 17, 2016)
Journalist Muhammad Musa revealed documents proving the involvement of the former governor of Menoufia, Ahmed Sherine Fawzi, in a corruption and lawbreaking case, as he allocated a plot of land to establish an Italian university in cooperation with Al-Ahram Foundation despite allocating it in the governorate to establish an addiction treatment center without the approval of the Presidency of the Republic.(Delegation - 17 November 2016)
The Administrative Control Authority was able to catch an employee in the Department of Organization and Administration Units Affairs while he was refunding an amount of 17 thousand pounds that he had previously obtained as a bribe from a citizen in exchange for appointment to the agency.(Administrative Control Authority -17 November 2016)
The officers of the Administrative Control Authority in Al-Sharqiya managed to arrest an employee of Minya Al-Qamh City Council while receiving a bribe from a citizen, to facilitate his granting a demolition permit for a property owned by a citizen. (Day 7 - 17 November 2016)
A security source at the Ministry of Interior announced that Major General Magdy Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Interior, has ordered the Ministry of Inspection Department to investigate the accusation of the Amiriya Investigation Assistant, and to make sure that he was involved or not in causing the death of the citizen Magdy Makin, the owner of the caravan.(Homeland - November 18, 2016)
The head of the Administrative Prosecution Authority referred the incident of buying French language books for the years 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 without the need for them to be investigated by the technical office of the head of the authority for examinations and investigations, which involved a waste of public money.(Vito - November 19, 2016)
MP Haitham Al-Hariri said that the Presidency of the Council of Ministers confirmed the waste of public money in the Abu Al-Houl Oils and Soap Company, and sold it poured soy oil at a price of 8 thousand pounds to the Axion Mobil company, including customs exemptions, while it is being sold to the public at a value of 40 thousand pounds, and the incident is under investigation.(Vito - November 19, 2016)
The Administrative Prosecution ordered the referral of 7 specialists in the health sector in Luxor to urgent disciplinary trial for wasting public money.(News of the Day - November 19, 2016)
The Cairo Criminal Court is considering a retrial of businessman Ahmed Ezz and 6 other leaders of the Ministry of Industry in the case of seizing public funds and deliberately damaging the funds of Dekheila Steel Company.(Vito - 20 November 2016)
The Administrative Control Authority was able to catch the Deputy General Director of the Branch Development Sector and Retail Banking Services for Individuals in flagrante delicto by taking an advance bribe amounting to EGP 250,000 from one of the bank's clients.(Administrative Control Authority - 20 November 2016)
The security services in Qalyubia managed to arrest a civilian employee at Shubra Al-Khaimah traffic while taking a bribe from a driver in exchange for obtaining a driver's license without tests.(Al-Shorouk - November 22, 2016)
The Administrative Control Authority seized the agent of “Housing” in Giza after he was caught red-handed(The seventh day - November 22, 2016)
The postal investigation managed to seize a postal employee in Alexandria Sahl for a housewife seizing 2.1 million pounds in exchange for 410 thousand pounds in commission. (Al-Bawaba News - 23 November 2016)
Seizing 1,280 liters of subsidized petroleum products before selling them on the Damietta black market. (Day 7 - 23 November 2016)
The Supreme Disciplinary Court ruled to punish 6 officials of the Environmental Affairs Agency after it was proven that they committed grave financial and administrative violations.(Vito - November 24, 2016)
I managed to seize a postal employee for embezzling 6,417 pounds from the pension account in Luxor.(Al-Bawaba News - 25 November 2016)
The owner of a local bakery seized a disposal of 47 tons of subsidized flour in the black market in Menoufia.(Day 7 - 25 November 2016)
Seizing 806 kilograms of meat and fish unfit for human use in Menoufia.(Day 7 - 25 November 2016)
A warehouse owner seized 700 cylinders of a cooker on the black market in Al-Salam.(Day 7 - 25 November 2016)
The Supply Investigation Department managed to arrest the owner of a petrol station before selling 223 thousand liters of subsidized gasoline on the black market in Helwan.(Day 7 - 25 November 2016)
The attorney general of the State Security Prosecution referred a counselor at the rank of chief to the Alexandria Court of Appeal, and 3 other accused persons who offered a financial bribe to accuse the judge of obtaining a financial bribe totaling 650 thousand pounds in exchange for exploiting his influence.(Vito - November 26, 2016)
The arrest of a dentist appointed by the health with forged papers and he has been paid 16 years ago, and the investigations revealed that the accused holds a health technical institute and a second dental technician was appointed in a college of dentistry.(Day 7 - 26 November 2016)
An employee of a post office in Al-Gharbia seized citizens' donations to the Children's Cancer Hospital.(Vito - 27 November 2016)
The people of Belqas city in Dakahlia are suffering from mixing fortified bread flour with sand, and have also appealed to the governor, the city council and the Supply Directorate to investigate this case(Mansoura News - 27 November 2016)
An accurate 1.5 tons were seized before being sold on the black market in Giza. (Vito - November 28, 2016)
The Administrative Control Authority in the Gharbia managed to catch a Urban Planning Consultant in Tanta and several other governorates, caught red-handed with a financial bribe of 3 million pounds in exchange for a change in the engineering drawings and maps for urban planning(Day 7 - 28 November 2016)
The administrative prosecution in Nagaa Hammadi is conducting an investigation into violations included in the report of the Central Auditing Agency for wasting 1.4 million pounds in the projects of Naga Hammadi. (Day 7 - 28 November 2016)
A bakery official was seized while offering a financial bribe to a company employee in exchange for penetrating the bread system and manipulating data in the Qasr al-Nil region.(Vito - November 28, 2016)
The Dokki Prosecution office referred 12 engineers, including 6 imprisoned, in the General Authority for Land Reclamation, in the matter of facilitating the seizure of 85 thousand feddans, valued at 2 billion pounds, to the Supreme Public Funds Prosecution to complete investigations in the case.(Al Bawaba News - 29 November 2016)
The Qalyubia Security Directorate managed to arrest two police officers at Qalyubia Traffic for their involvement in the embezzlement of sums amounting to 80 thousand pounds from the custody of the proceeds of the immediate traffic violations. (Day 7 - 30 November 2016)