Corruption Status Book “The Fifth Monthly Report”

90 incidents of corruption in November and logistics are still high on the list

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Within the framework of the “Corruption Status Book” series, continue “Partners for Transparency  PFT “ Issuing monthly reports to monitor and follow up incidents of corruption, and here is the fifth report issued by the Foundation, as it focuses on monitoring and analyzing legislative and procedural developments related to combating corruption, as well as counting the incidents that were addressed by various media during the month of November 2015.

The report monitored the continuation of awareness-raising activities related to the state's anti-corruption strategy, in contrast to the absence of relevant legislative measures, and at the level of facts, 90 corruption incidents were monitored, with an increase of 50% than the ones that were monitored during the month of October, with the need to note that the observatory deals with the facts Many of which have already been revealed, and many of them are under investigation. The report includes in its various axes an analysis of the legislative and procedural developments on the one hand, and the facts monitored on the other hand.

Legislative and procedural developments related to corruption during the month of November:

The month of November 2015 witnessed a number of meetings and meetings in some governorates and ministries centered on the state’s plans to combat corruption, as well as the presence of various statements by government officials, headed by the head of the Central Auditing Organization “, regarding stressing the need to combat corruption, linking it to development efforts and attracting various investments, while The month of November was devoid of legislative measures related to combating corruption, and the following is a review of what has been monitored in this regard: -

• Wednesday 4 November 2015: Counselor Hisham Geneina, head of the Central Auditing Organization, emphasized that the state’s priorities in the era of “President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi” are combating corruption, controlling spending, and how to optimize the use of state funds.
• Thursday 5 November 2015: Damietta University held a seminar entitled “Challenges of combating corruption and its negative effects on society,” in the presence of Counselor Hisham Genina, Head of the Central Auditing Organization, Dr. Ismail Taha, Damietta Governor, and a number of members of the Central Auditing Organization, the Construction Authority, and the Board of Trustees of New Damietta City.
• Wednesday 11 November 2015: The South Sinai Culture Branch headed by “Amal Abdullah”, director general of the branch of the Canal and Sinai Cultural District, organized a cultural awareness lecture entitled “Fighting the Phenomenon of Corruption,” delivered by “Tamer El Desouki,” field follow-up official at the Literacy and Adult Education Department in Dahab City.
• Tuesday 17 November 2015: “Major General Muhammad al-Sheikh,” Secretary General of Menoufia Governorate, met with the Anti-Corruption Committee, directors of directorates, and Bureau leaders; To follow up the executive master plan of the national anti-corruption strategy in the governorate, where “Muhammad al-Sheikh”, head of the Anti-Corruption Committee, stressed the need to intensify efforts in combating the scourge of corruption, and to develop mechanisms to dry up its sources, in a manner that ensures the detection of corruption, and the development of solutions to confront it and give a strong message Combating corruption and preventing it is a shared responsibility; For all state and society authorities, and it is a national duty.
• Wednesday 18 November 2015: The South Sinai Culture Branch of the Canal and Sinai Cultural Region organized a cultural awareness lecture in Abu Rudeis city entitled “Corruption is the scourge of all ages” given by “Muhammad Hussein Hegazy,” Director of Abu Rudeis Culture House, in which he talked about the concept of corruption and its types, whether it is political, financial or administrative And about its common forms and the reasons that lead to its spread in societies, and its effects that harm sustainable development, which negatively affects the quality of life that the citizen lives.
• Saturday 21 November 2015: Dr. Hilali Al-Sherbiny, Minister of Education, issued Decision No. 412 of 2015 regarding the formation of the Anti-Corruption Committee at the Ministry of Education and Technical Education. The decision stipulated in its first article that a higher committee be formed in the general office of the Ministry of Education and Technical Education, to prepare the main operational plan For the national strategy, to combat corruption in schools, educational departments and directorates, the General Office, and departments affiliated with the ministry.
• Saturday 28 November 2015: The Central Auditing Organization headed by Counselor Hisham Geneina, head of the agency, held a training course for new recruits to the agency for the positions of under-training auditors and an under-training auditor specialist among graduates of the faculties of law, sharia and law from the two classes of 2006 to 2009, the session discussed the definition of appointees the most important role of members of the Central Auditing Organization in combating corruption And how to monitor the state’s administrative authorities and examine files. The session also discussed how to preserve public money and the relationship of the Central Auditing Organization with the rest of the state’s administrative authorities. The Education Directorate in the West also organized a workshop to discuss the formation of the Anti-Corruption Committee at the Ministry of Education and Technical Education in light of Ministerial Resolution No. 412, on November 15th, in the Directorate's Professional Development Hall.
• Sunday: November 29, 2015: “Abdel-Fattah Abu Shama,” Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education in Assiut, held a meeting with members of the Executive Committee to Combat Corruption in the Directorate of Education in Assiut within the framework of implementing the main plan of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy and instructed the directors of educational departments to commit to setting up a complaints and proposals box in each school, calling for the implementation of the principle of transparency and combating Corruption and achieving the principle of reward and punishment.
• Monday 30 November 2015: The Institutions, Egyptians Without Borders, and Justice for Development and Human Rights in Sohag organized a seminar entitled “Enhancing the role of women in combating corruption”, with the aim of raising awareness of the role of women and the importance of their role in fighting corruption and addressing it.

General features of corruption incidents during November 2015:

First: Incidents of corruption according to different sectors:

Sector	Number of incidents	Sector	Number of incidents
Ministryof Supply	36	Ministry of Finance	2
Ministry of housing	7	Ministry of petroleum	2
The ministry of communications	5	Bar	2
Ministry of Health	5	Ministry of Youth and Sports	1
Ministry Of Agriculture	4	Parliament	1
Ministry of Interior	3	The Ministry of Electricity	1
The Ministry of Education	3	Ministry of Industry and Trade	1
Banking sector	3	Ministry of Aviation	1
Localities	3	Ministry of Transportation	1
Private sector	3	Ministry of Tourism	1
Ministry of Higher Education	2	Civil society	1
Ministry of Justice	2
Total			90

Previous data indicate that the Ministry of Supply came first among the sectors that witnessed incidents of corruption in the month of November with a score of 36 incidents of corruption, followed by the Ministry of Housing with a score of 7 incidents of corruption, after that came both the Ministries of Communications and Health, with 5 incidents of corruption each. Then, after that comes the Ministry of Agriculture with 4 incidents of corruption, followed by the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Education, the banking sector, localities, and the private sector, with 3 incidents of corruption for each of them, and then comes the Ministry of Higher Education and the Ministry of Justice, The Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Petroleum, the Bar Association, with two incidents of corruption each, and finally, the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Electricity and Energy, Parliament, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Tourism, and Civil Society are ranked last. , With a balance of one corruption incident each.

Second: Incidents of corruption according to the cases' position:

Case position	Number of cases
under investigation	70
On trial	10
It has not been investigated	9
Were judged	1
Total	90

Previous data indicate that The facts under investigation come first among the corruption incidents during the month of November 2015 with a score of 70, followed by the facts under trial with 10 incidents, after that come the incidents that have not yet been investigated with 9 incidents, and finally, the facts that have been judged come in the order. The last of the incidents in October, with only one incident.

The most important incidents of corruption during the month of November:

1. 34 tons of meat and poultry carcasses were seized unfit for human consumption (Vito Gate, November 1, 2015).
2. A letter distributor was seized in the South Post district, for seizing a number of registered and regular letters in his custody and sent to clients of the office in his workplace, and forging the signatures of their owners to prove their receipt in contravention of the truth. (Vito Gate, November 2, 2015).
3. A driver was arrested in Beni Suef Post for stealing 18,000 pounds from the Authority’s funds (Vito Gate, November 2, 2015).
4. A re-trial of the former Minister of Tourism, Zuhair Garana, and Ahmed al-Maghribi, a former Minister of Housing, in the case of profiteering and wasting public money. (Al-Bawaba News, 3 November 2015)
5. A municipal bakery official seized 23 tons of subsidized flour intended for those in need of support in Cairo (Vito Gate, November 3, 2015).
6. 412 cooker cylinders were seized before they were sold on the black market (Vito Gate, November 3, 2015).
7. The seizure of 460 kilos of cheese of unknown source in Al-Omraniyah. (Al Bawaba News, 3 November 2015)
8. The seizure of 15 tons of imported liver, unfit for human consumption. (Vito Gate, November 3, 2015).
9. Seizing 32 thousand liters of fuel before selling it on the black market. (Vito Gate, November 3, 2015).
10. The trial of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Housing in Menoufia in the case of a bribe amounting to 40 thousand pounds to facilitate some violations in the Capital Mall from a contractor for awarding a bid to build government facilities on him (Al-Bawaba News, November 4, 2015).
11. Seizing 520 cooker cylinders before being sold on the black market (Vito Gate, November 4, 2015).
12. Seizing 99 thousand liters of petroleum products before selling them on the black market in the governorates. (Vito Gate, November 4, 2015)
13. A municipal bakery official seized 145 tons of flour intended for beneficiaries of subsidy in Cairo. (Vito Gate, November 4, 2015).
14. Arresting 3 owners of the “Al-Baladi” bakery for unlawfully seizing support money in Dakahlia. (Vito Gate, November 4, 2015).
15. A post office agent seized in Qalubia for seizing social solidarity funds. (Vito Gate, November 5)
16. The director of the real estate department in a national bank seized 3 million pounds (Vito Gate, November 5, 2015).
17. The seizure of 2 tons of meat unfit for consumption in Qalyubia (Vito Gate, November 5, 2015).
18. Imprisonment of a court employee who stole the files of citizens' cases and traded in them. (Vito Gate, November 5, 2015)
19. Seizing a customs broker, using the letter of guarantee that was investigated by a company, and writing it in favor of Suez Customs, seizing an amount of 10 million pounds (Al-Bawaba, November 5, 2015).
20. 6791 stream robbery case seized. (Al-Bawaba News, November 5, 2015)
21. The owner of a motor oil company was seized in Kerdasa police station. (The Portal, November 5, 2015.)
22. Postponement of the first session of the bribery case of the Central Administration of Ownership and Disposal of the General Authority for Reconstruction Projects and Agricultural Development. (Vito Gate, November 5, 2015).
23. A post office agent was arrested in Sohag governorate, accused of misappropriating clients ’pensions by receiving sums of money from clients and listing them at a lower value and seizing the difference (Al-Bawaba News, November 6, 2015).
24. 3700 fake and counterfeit auto parts seized in a shop in Al-Zaitoun. (Al Bawaba News, November 6, 2015)
25. The money of businessman Salah Diab, his wife and a number of his founding partners of the newspaper, and businessman Mahmoud El-Gammal, were seized against the background of their accusation of seizing state lands in a corruption case of the Ministry of Agriculture (Al-Bawaba News, November 6, 2015)
26. Detecting a post office agent in Al-Sharqia for embezzling pension funds. (Vito Gate, November 6, 2015)
27. Suspending a police officer in the southern sector of the capital from work until the conclusion of the investigations being conducted by the Public Prosecutor's Office into his alleged attempt to murder a citizen (Vito Gate, November 6, 2015).
28. The Free Egyptians Party candidate, for the Tebbin department, one of the Cairo departments, was arrested for investigation on charges of theft, fraud and fraud. (Al-Bawaba News, November 7, 2015)
29. The trial of the President of the Port Said Ports General Authority, the advisor to the Authority’s president, and 5 of the heads of two contracting and petroleum companies in the case of “bribery of Port Said ports”, and those accused of providing and taking financial bribes in return for terminating the payment of dues to a company and entrusting the implementation of works and projects in its favor. (Vito Gate, November 7, 2015).
30. 7870 kilos of subsidized flour were seized before being sold on the black market in Qena. (Vito Gate, November 8, 2015.)
31. Half a ton of oil was seized from the "Bir Selim factory" in Luxor. (Vito Gate, November 8, 2015.)
32. A fuel station owner seized 1.521 thousand liters of petroleum products in Giza (Al-Bawaba News, November 9, 2015).
33. Confiscation of two bakery owners seized the support funds in Cairo. (Al-Bawaba News, November 9, 2015)
34. Investigating a bakery owner, who collects cards and cards, with the intention of using them to unlawfully disbursement of subsidized food commodities and to seize public money. (Al Bawaba News, November 9, 2015.)
35. A central bank official was referred to trial, after it was proven that he had insulted counselors in the legal departments of the Ministry of Justice (Veto Portal, November 9, 2015.)
36. Investigating 8 members of the faculty of the Faculty of Arts, Damietta University, to investigate violations of the Open Education Control and the First Division. (Vito Gate, November 9, 2015.)
37. The seizure of 500 kilos of spoiled meat at the Ministry of Agriculture outlet in Shebin al-Koum. (Vito Gate, November 10, 2015).
38. Editing of a report by the director of Abu Jalal School in the Sherbin Educational Administration in Dakahlia, after placing propaganda banners for one of the candidates in the school. (Al Watan, November 13, 2015.)
39. Investigation into the involvement of a number of sanitation officials in Alexandria, in wasting public money and sums estimated at 30 million pounds at the swords lifting station (Vito Gate, November 13, 2015).
40. The owner of a cheese factory was seized in possession of 4 tons of unknown source food commodities in transit (Vito Gate, November 14, 2015.)
41. Seizing 300 cooker cylinders before selling them on the black market in Khanka. (Vito Gate, November 14, 2015).
42. The owner of the factory for the production and packaging of pickled olives seized 150 tons of olives unfit for human use. (Vito Gate, November 14, 2015.)
43. Accusations of the board of directors of the Ghazl El Mahalla club of wasting public money after their contract with "Nour El Din Ibrahim", and their discovery 5 months after the conclusion of the contract that the player is still in possession of another club in Ghana and it is impossible to include him for the club even though the player is training with the locality and received an amount of $ 5,000 in advance contract. (Portal Sport, November 14, 2015.)
44. Refer Shebin El-Kom unit officials to the prosecution office, in order to seize 827 thousand pounds. (Al Watan, November 14, 2015.)
45. Investigating a number of officials of a well-known company by offering a bribe to an official in the Giza Syndicate in return for providing them with facilities during the implementation of the "City of Lawyers" project on 6 October. (Vito Gate, November 15, 2015).
46. Seizing 70 tons of table salt unfit for human consumption before selling it to citizens in the governorates. (Vito Gate, November 15, 2015.)
47. Seizing 320 kilos of expired meat not suitable for human consumption). Vito Gate, November 15, 2015.)
48. Re-trial of businessman Ahmed Ezz, accused of profiting, appropriating public money and deliberately damaging the funds of the “Iron Dakhila Company.” (Veto Gate, November 16, 2015)
49. The seizure of 200 kilos of spoiled meat in the restaurants of "Abu Shakra", "Abu Mazen" and "Gad" in the Agouza area, and the arrest of managers, officials and workers in the restaurants. (Vito Gate, November 16, 2015.)
50. The confiscation of 500 liters and 1,200 bottles of oil inside a solvent shop in Gharbia (Al-Watan, November 16, 2015)
51. Accusations of wasting public money at the Ministry of Tourism due to the decision to inspect tourist cars in a center affiliated with the Ministry of Interior, despite the Ministry of Tourism owning an international training and inspection center. (Editing, November 17, 2015)
52. The arrest of the owner of an unlicensed meat factory, who uses unregistered trademarks in the 10th of Ramadan City (Vito Gate, November 17, 2015).
53. Accusations of wasting public money at Bani Ubaid Hospital. In Dakahlia Governorate. (Editing, November 17, 2015.)
54. Accusations of the Ministry of Housing of wasting one million pounds a month on behalf of a sovereign body. (Sada, November 17, 2015.)
55. Businessman “Hisham Al Nasharti” has been sentenced to 7 years in prison on charges of money laundering from Suez Canal Bank. (Vito Gate, November 17, 2015.)
56. Prosecuting officials from the leaders of the Principal Bank for Development and Agricultural Credit who sold 1.710 thousand US dollars to some private companies without any right. (Vito Gate, November 17, 2015.)
57. The trial of “Hamdi al-Fakharani”, on charges of exploiting influence, demanding a bribe and threatening the victim). Gate Vito, November 18, 2015.)
58. Accusations of wasting public money in Nazlet Omara Hospital in the Tahta district in Sohag, after it was subjected to looting and looting of its infrastructure (Al-Youm Al-Sabea, November 18, 2015.)
59. Investigation of hundreds of millions of pounds wasted public money in marine petroleum pollution cases. (The delegation, November 18, 2015.)
60. Refer those responsible for the final receipt decision of Al-Wehda mills in South Cairo Mills to the Public Prosecution Office to investigate the incident as a waste of public money (Al-Bawaba News, 19 November 2015).
61. The "Kababji Shahir" store was seized in Bulaq Abu Al-Ela, before selling spoiled meat to citizens. (Vito Gate, November 19, 2015.)
62. Investigation into wasting 100 million pounds in the Red Sea Reconstruction Agency. (The seventh day, November 19, 2015.)
63. The disclosure of a new corruption case related to the attempt to seize a quarter of a million acres of state land in the Buhaira Governorate, through a lawyer filing cases against the Authority in cooperation with her husband, the defense attorney of the Authority (Egyptian Report, November 19, 2015.)
64. Accusations of wasting 17 million and 777 thousand pounds in Benha Teaching Hospital after the construction and development work stopped more than 8 years ago. (The delegation, November 20, 2015.)
65. A complaint was filed against Dr. Muhammad Sultan, Governor of Al-Buhaira, and head of the Rasheed Center and City, for wasting 63 million pounds of public money in establishing vegetable and fish markets, which are still closed despite their opening twice. (Al Bawaba News, 20 November 2015.)
66. Accusations made by the head of the Heart Committee at the Health Insurance Hospital in Menoufia of forging a certificate issued by the Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, according to his success in the master's degree exam in October 2013 with a grade of very good. (Al Bawaba News, 20 November 2015.)
67. A bakery owner was arrested for seizing support funds in the Bulaq Abu Al-Ela area. (Vito Gate, November 21, 2015)
68. The start of an investigation into bribes from the Aviation Ministry to the Central Auditing Agency (My Word, November 21, 2015).
69. Investigation with officials of the Executive Authority for Drinking Water and Sanitation of the Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Development, for deliberately damaging the public money, which was estimated at 61.5 million pounds. (The Delegation, November 23, 2015)
70. The seizure of 996 kilos of meat unfit for human consumption in Minya. (Al-Bawaba News, 24 November 2015)
71. An accurate, subsidized ton was seized before being smuggled to the black market in Minya. (Al-Bawaba News, November 24, 2015.)
72. The arrest of a petrol station official for possessing 31,000 liters of solar with the intention of trading it on the black market. (Vito Gate, November 24, 2015.)
73. The former head of the Dokki supply office was arrested for his involvement in the seizure of support funds (Vito Gate, November 24, 2015.)
74. A communiqué by the Attorney General accuses Sameh Ashour of wasting the Bar Association funds (Rassd Network, November 24, 2015.)
75. The arrest of the head of a supply office, to facilitate the citizens' appropriation of support funds, by increasing the number of beneficiaries of ration cards in exchange for a sum of money. (Vito Gate, November 25, 2015.)
76. The arrest of a consultant on the administrative prosecution who is not subject to jurisdiction is wanted pending judicial rulings. (Vito Gate, November 25, 2015.)
77. The trial of an executive director in the Arab Contractors after it was proven that he wasted 6 million pounds in the process of implementing the international swimming pool before being pensioned (Vito Gate, November 25, 2015)
78. Accusations of wasting money at the College of Education by holding training and literacy courses for university workers who had previously obtained study certificates and literacy certificates in years prior to the training period, and disbursing rewards for those mock training amounting to 49,750 pounds for the dean of the college from July 2012 to January 2013 and for some training workers. (Echo Country, 26 November 2015,)
79. Two bakery owners and a driver were seized for seizing 19 subsidized tons of flour before being sold on the black market (Vito Gate, November 27, 2015).
80. The owner of a grocery store seized 620 thousand pounds of support funds allocated to citizens in Giza governorate). Vito Gate, 27 November 2015.)
81. The arrest of a review of data to facilitate the citizens' appropriation of support money, by increasing the number of beneficiaries of ration cards in exchange for a sum of money. (Vito Gate, November 27, 2015).
82. The waste of public money and the loss of state revenues after officials of the Misr Foreign Trade Company of the Holding Company for Maritime and Land Transport facilitated the seizure of goods exempt from customs and taxes by unworthy persons. (Al-Fath, November 27, 2015)
83. Tawfiq Okasha, the owner of the “Al-Faraeen” satellite channel, was accused of seizing an area of 5,500 acres in the new western Kurds of the 6th of October City through the “Egyptian Group for Young Journalists and Their Families” that he represented, causing damage to public funds that amounted to 29.302 billion pounds. (The Egyptians, November 27, 2015.)
84. An officer in the Roads and Ports Administration was imprisoned on charges of committing the crime of abuse of influence, assaulting a driver, possession of narcotic substances, and forgery of an official document. (Vito Gate, November 28, 2015.)
85. Renewed detention of a police officer and his brother on charges of coercing a citizen to sign trust receipts (Veto Gate, November 28, 2015.)
86. Notice of public funds at the lake issuing a license for a deceased 25 years ago. (Al-Bawaba News, 28 November 2015)
87. The formation of a committee of personnel affairs to examine financial irregularities in paying the salaries of teachers working in Kafr El-Zayat Educational Administration (Al-Bawaba News, November 29, 2015)
88. A teacher seized 12,000 EGP in Sohag to supply them to Sohag Educational Administration (Veto Gate, November 29, 2015).
89. Referring 9 Ministry of Health officials to trial, after it was proven that they committed grave financial and administrative violations that resulted in the theft of the treasury of the family and population sector in the ministry (Vito Gate, November 29, 2015).
90. A ton of sugar mixed with wastewater was seized at a filling station in the lake. (Al-Shorouk, November 30, 2015.)