Partners for Transparency issues the third report of the "Corruption Journal" Monitor

85 corruption incidents occurred in September, and legislative procedures are still absent  

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Communication Partners for Transparency  PFTIt monitors corruption issues and publishes monthly reports on what is revealed of these cases, and here is the third report issued by the Foundation, which covers the month of September 2015, which is the month immediately following the bombing of the corruption case of the Ministry of Agriculture, and which September witnessed some of its important consequences on the political, media and judicial levels. 

These consequences have reached the point where the government of Eng. Ibrahim Mahlab advanced its resignation, after a number of its ministers were reported to have been involved in corruption cases, and the government's resignation came at the time of the parliamentary elections, which gave positive indications related to the state’s keenness on the “sovereignty” of a fair atmosphere for the process. The electoral system also reflected a reasonable degree of "political will to fight corruption."

The report of the "Corruption Status Book", as is practiced on a monthly basis, relies on monitoring published incidents of corruption, whether those revealed by the media, or those disclosed by the relevant supervisory, administrative and judicial agencies. It provides an appropriate tool to track the extent of the corruption phenomenon, and at the same time how serious it is The state is fighting this phenomenon.

The report includes an account of the most important activities, procedures and legislation related to combating corruption, which are monitored monthly. It also includes a review and a classification of the corruption incidents that were revealed during the month.

Legislative developments and government procedures to confront the phenomenon of corruption: 

The month of September 2015 did not witness legislative measures to confront corruption, but it witnessed many government announcements about its fight against corruption and addressing it, or holding a number of seminars, training courses and various meetings in order to spread awareness about confronting the phenomenon of widespread corruption, according to the following: 

• Wednesday, September 2: The Administrative Corruption Committee at Kafr El-Sheikh University organized a training course for 2000 employees from inside the university, divided into 6 periodic meetings, on a code of professional conduct for employees of the administrative apparatus, the session dealt with introducing the system of activating strategies for confrontation plans in combating administrative corruption, and treating its causes and roots.
• Saturday 5th September: The Ministry of Endowments decided to reconfigure the main anti-corruption committee at the ministry’s general office, which aims to prepare a comprehensive plan to combat corruption, and work to put in place controls that prevent corruption in all sectors.
• Tuesday, September 8: Osama Hamdi Abdel Wahid, Governor of Kafr El-Sheikh, announced the formation of a corruption committee with his personal knowledge, without disclosing its name or its members.
• Tuesday, September 8: Counselor Hisham Geneina, head of the Central Auditing Organization, signed a cooperation agreement between the French National University in Egypt, the Higher School of Applied Commercial Sciences, and the Central Auditing Organization, within the framework of spreading the culture of eliminating corruption, ways to prevent it, and laying down the means to prevent its occurrence.
• Saturday, September 12: Major General Adel Labib, Minister of Local Development, decided to support the inspection and control sector in the ministry with new elements to activate the sector in the fight against corruption and control over local units, and agreed to provide 10 new leadership ranks in the sector, and to grant the status of judicial control to the rest of the sector members in coordination with the Ministry of Justice.
• Tuesday, September 15: Within the framework of the implementation of the “Civil Society Participation in Fighting Corruption” program, the Ministry of Environment organized the “First Symposium of Civil Society Organizations” at the Educational Cultural Center in “Cairo House”.
• Tuesday 15 September 2015 Major General Mustafa Yousry, Governor of Aswan, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Planning, Follow-up and Administrative Reform, to implement a project to develop citizen services centers, with the aim of curbing attempts at administrative and financial corruption.
• Thursday, September 17: Counselor Sameh Kamal, Head of the Administrative Prosecution Authority, met with a French judicial delegation, to discuss the role of the prosecution in combating corruption within the state’s administrative apparatus, and to discuss ways of judicial and training cooperation between the administrative prosecution and the French judiciary, to ensure the development of the body’s work system.
• Saturday 19 September: The Prime Minister, Eng. Sherif Ismail, confirmed that corruption has no place in the members of the new government, pointing out that the entire council will stand firmly against any attempts at corruption.
• Sunday 20 September: The South Sinai Culture Branch organized an educational awareness lecture entitled “CorruptionAnd the importance of combating it, ”within the framework of the cultural plan for the culture of South Sinai to raise the level of public awareness seriously Corruption And the importance of combating it and building citizens' confidence in the performance of the state.
• Sunday 20 September:Major General Mahmoud Ashmawy, Governor of the New Valley, announced that he will not see corruption and be silent. Rather, all those involved in corruption cases will be referred to the supervisory and judicial authorities for investigation and accountability by law.
• Sunday 20 September: Dr. Ahmed Zaki Badr, Minister of Local Development, affirmed that the ministry will fight corruption in localities with full force and will not be complacent in facing every wrongdoer in the law, regardless of its location and work.
• Monday, September 21: The General Administration of Organization and Administration at Assiut University organized a lecture on the role of representatives of the Ministry of Finance in combating corruption, as part of its training program in the field of the role of external oversight agencies in combating corruption.
• Thursday, September 24: The Minister of Local Development, Dr. Ahmed Zaki Badr, confirmed that during the coming period, emphasis will be placed on providing better services to citizens and raising the level of popular satisfaction with the services provided in all governorates, adding that development plans and striking with an iron hand on all forms of corruption will be implemented with the immediate application of the law .
• Monday, September 28: The South Sinai Culture Branch organized a cultural awareness seminar entitled “The Phenomenon of Corruption”, within the framework of the cultural scheme in the culture of South Sinai to raise public awareness of the danger of corruption and the importance of combating it.
• Monday, September 28: Organized bodyAdministrative control, A training course, under the name of «Preparing leaders to enhance their capabilities in the field of prevention Corruption And combat it », for a total of 33 training hours.

 

We note that government activities and statements related to combating corruption have been "more intense" this month than before, and the main reason for this may be the political and media uproar that accompanied the disclosure of the Ministry of Agriculture's corruption scandal, and then the change of the prime minister and a number of its ministers Consequently, the tendency of a large number of officials to “declare” hard-line positions towards corruption within their sectors.

But at the same time, legislative solutions are still “absent” from the scene, despite its strong political positions, the most prominent of which was the acceptance of the government's resignation, but the state did not intervene during the month of September with laws and decisions that would deal with the phenomenon of widespread corruption in Egypt.

In addition, the activities organized by a number of governmental bodies and organizations are all ostensibly aimed at educating their employees and qualifying them to engage in anti-corruption efforts, but these activities in practice lack coherence, methodology and proper planning to allow measuring their impact and impact on the behavior and practices of employees within those bodies later .

Corruption incidents general profiles during August:

First: Incidents of corruption according to different sectors:

Sector	Number of incidents	Sector	Number of incidents
Ministryof Supply	18	The ministry of communications	3
Localities	12	Ministry of Antiquities	2
Ministry of Finance	9	The banking sector	2
Ministry of Health	7	Ministry of Urban Development	1
Ministry of Interior	6	Civil society	1
Ministry of Transportation	6	Ministry of Culture	1
Ministry Of Agriculture	4	Prime minister	1
Ministry of Justice	4	The Ministry of Environment	1
Radio and Television Union	3	Ministry of housing	1
The Ministry of Electricity	3
Total	85

Previous data indicate that the Ministry of Supply had the largest share of corruption cases that took place in September with a score of 18 corruption incidents, followed by the localities with a score of 12 corruption incidents. After that, the Ministry of Finance came with a score of 9 corruption incidents, followed by the Ministry of Health with 7 incidents of corruption, followed by Each of the Ministries of Interior and the Ministry of Transport with 6 incidents of corruption each, then the Ministries of Agriculture and the Ministry of Justice come with 4 incidents of corruption each, then the Ministry of Communications, the Ministry of Electricity, and the Radio and Television Union come with 3 incidents of corruption for each From them, then comes the Ministry of Antiquities, the banking sector, with two incidents each, and finally, the Ministry of Environment, the Cabinet of Ministers, the Ministry of Housing, the Ministry of Culture, Civil Society, and the Ministry of Urban Development come in last place with a score of one incident each.

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

Situation	the number
under investigation	60
On trial	14
Were judged	7
Not been investigated	4
Total	85

The previous data indicate that the cases under investigation ranked first among corruption incidents during the month of September with a score of 60 cases, followed by the cases under trial with a score of 14 cases, then followed by the cases that were decided with a score of 7 cases, and finally, the cases that were not investigated come It ranked last with only 4 cases.

Corruption facts during September 2015:

1. An employee of the Ismailia Courts Complex was arrested on charges of fraud. Vito Gate, September 1, 2015.
2. Refer the Head of the Azbakeya Tax Office and the Director of Inspection Affairs to trial on charges of taking bribes from the owners of commercial companies to reduce their taxes. Vito Gate, September 1, 2015.
3. 12 customs violation cars were seized and smuggled in Suez Governorate. Al-Dustour, 2 September 2015.
4. The seizure of 2 tons of meat and liver of unknown source before it was sold to the markets in Menoufia Governorate. Vito, 2 September 2015.
5. Seizing 5 tons of subsidized flour before it was sold on the black market in Buhaira Governorate. Vito, 2 September 2015.
6. Punishment of the Undersecretary of the Ministry and 7 photographers of the Radio and Television Union after it is proven that they have obtained unlawful sums of money, Veto, September 2, 2015.
7. Seizing 90 gas cylinders of a ton of agricultural fertilizers before selling them on the black market in Buhaira Governorate. The seventh day, September 2, 2015.
8. 12 customs violation cars were seized and smuggled in Suez Governorate. Al-Dustour, 2 September 2015.
9. Renewal of imprisonment of two engineers in Manshiet Nasser neighborhood, 15 days, accusing them of seizing land in the neighborhood. Vito Gate, September 2, 2015.
10. Seizing 304 cases of tax evasion, in which the total number of transactions amounted to 2,561,520,434 pounds. The seventh day, September 2, 2015.
11. Referral of 93 doctors and 34 administrators at the General Hospital in Samanoud for investigation. Briefing, 5 September 2015.
12. Thwarting the smuggling of 16 tons of flour to the black market in Gharbia. Vito Gate, 7 September 2015.
13. Hamdi Al-Fakharani, head of the Anti-Corruption Association, was arrested on charges of receiving a bribe of 3.5 million pounds. Arab News, 7 September 2015.
14. The seizure of 243 packages of corrupt veterinary drugs in Al Sharqiya. Vito Gate, September 8, 2015.
15. The exclusion and dismissal of the head of the local unit supply office for the village of Al-Fardan of the Ismailia Center Supply Department, due to the manipulation of the forms for reviewing and updating the ration card data. The seventh day, September 8, 2015.
16. Imprisonment of a passport officer on charges of obtaining sums of money in return for renewing residency for Syrian refugees. Vito Gate, September 8, 2015.
17. The former chief of investigations at the Dar Al-Salam Center was imprisoned pending investigation for possessing 5 rifles without a license in his private rest. Homeland, 8 September 2015.
18. Referring 3 officials from among the leaders of the executive branch of the transit market to trial on charges of committing serious financial and administrative violations. Vito Gate, September 9, 2015.
19. The Supply Police seized 2 million liters of subsidized solar and 300 gas cylinders. Seventh Day, September 9, 2015.
20. Punishing the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Local Development after it is proven that he committed grave administrative violations during his tenure as head of the local unit of the Qena City Center and City. Vito Gate, September 9, 2015.
21. The seizure of (23) documented cases of tax evasion, which included various commercial and professional activities, in which the total amount of transactions amounted to 81 million pounds. Seventh Day, September 9, 2015.
22. Referring the employees of the engineering department in Maghagha city and center for investigation, due to failure to take legal action regarding violations and violators. Seventh Day, September 9, 2015.
23. Punish the Secretary-General of the Arab Union for Combating Money Laundering, with imprisonment for two years and two months, on charges of defaming citizens and forging an official document. Vito Gate, September 9, 2015.
24. The release of an employee at the Abboud Traffic Office, on bail of two thousand pounds, and a driver on bail of 500 pounds, after they were accused of bribery in exchange for changing car data. Vito Gate, September 9, 2015.
25. Electricity Police seized 6 thousand cases of stealing stream. The seventh day, September 10, 2015.
26. The Administrative Prosecution is investigating the incident of neglecting the treatment of a one-and-a-half-year-old girl in Mahalla General Hospital. Vito Gate, 10 September 2015.
27. Investigating 217 corruption cases at the Ministry of Agriculture, in contrast to the case currently being investigated by the Supreme State Security Prosecution, in which the former Minister of Agriculture is accused. Homeland, 10 September 2015.
28. Investigating the accused in the incident of stealing 50 kilograms of gold from the currency mint of the Ministry of Finance. The seventh day, September 11, 2015.
29. Arrested 6,892 cases of theft of electrical current, through illegal connections, and seized 28 violations of contract terms, Al-Masry Al-Youm, September 11, 2015.
30. Seized Mustafa Sayed, laborer; Flagrant robbed of the Ministry of Railways Corps. Vito Gate, September 12, 2015.
31. Arresting 9 job corruption cases for trading in ration courses, and selling at higher prices in Cairo, Vito Portal, September 12, 2015.
32. Seizing 3,247 cases of stealing electricity, 13 breaching contract terms, and executing 392 misdemeanors. Seventh Day, September 13, 2015.
33. The trial of the head of the General Authority for Port Said Ports, the advisor to the Authority’s president, and 5 of the heads of two contracting and petroleum companies, in the media-known case of “bribing Port Said ports”. Seventh Day, September 13, 2015.
34. The referral of former Interior Minister Habib Al-Adly and 12 officials of the ministry to the Criminal Court on charges of seizing one billion and 800 million pounds of public money and damaging it. Vito Gate, September 13, 2015.
35. Investigating the warden of the al-Zahir Department, and the head of the Department’s Investigations Department, and confronting them with the charge against them in the case of stealing gold bars on charges of indolence. Day One Portal, September 13, 2015.
36. Each storekeeper responsible for 3 stores of antiquities, and an antiquities inspector in Old Cairo, were imprisoned pending investigations, accusing them of appropriating antiquities, damaging public money, stealing statues, and trading in and imitating them. The seventh day, September 14, 2015.
37. Imprisonment of 6 defendants pending investigations, accused of stealing gold bars from within the minting department of the Ministry of Finance. Vito Gate, September 14, 2015.
38. Refer the official for the protection of lands, the agricultural association, the director of the association, the contractor and the owner of the buildings in violation of the village of Anshas Al-Raml, Belbeis Center, to the Public Prosecution. The seventh day, September 14, 2015.
39. Punishing the General Director of Public Relations in the Regional Channels Sector of the Radio and Television Union, after it is proven that he has committed gross financial and administrative violations. Vito Gate, September 15, 2015.
40. Referral of the President of Gamasa, a Director General of Dakahlia Governorate, and 3 other officials to trial after it was proven that they committed grave financial and administrative violations. Vito Gate, September 15, 2015.
41. An accountant at the Nasser Institute was arrested red-handed by taking a bribe from a citizen after he had bargained for money to facilitate procedures for terminating the treatment papers of his son with cancer. The seventh day, September 15, 2015.
42. Seizing huge pipes that dump sewage waste in the Nile riverbed in Sharkia. Al-Dustour, 15 September 2015.
43. 2 tons of unknown source beans were seized in the lake for sale on the black market. Al-Dustour, 15 September 2015.
44. The car of an angel was seized for theft, driven by a public prosecutor, during a traffic drive at the Pella Center. Al-Dustour, 15 September 2015.
45. Referring the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Supply in Assiut and 6 other officials to trial after it was proven that they failed to supervise and control the work of the Bani Uday Mill in Fallot, and that they committed gross financial and administrative violations. Vito Gate, 16 September 2015.
46. Hamdi Hassan, director of the South Menoufia region, was transferred to the Suez Post area and referred with the agent of the Sadat Post Office for legal affairs due to the postal account of Ahmed Ezz, which he used to present his candidacy papers for the elections. Ona, 16 September 2015.
47. A police chief from the Mahalla Second Division, called Ahmad M.AD, impersonated an officer in the Public Funds Investigation Department and agreed with 4 registrants in the department and broke into the house of a citizen under the pretext that he was wanted for investigation and bargained for his release in exchange for 11,000 pounds. The seventh day, September 16, 2015.
48. An employee of the Ministry of Supply and his brother in Kerdasa were arrested on charges of managing and recycling the oils used in the manufacture of chips. The seventh day, September 16, 2015.
49. The owner of a food store was seized for selling food items outside the system in Sayeda Zeinab. Vito Gate, 16 September 2015.
50. The referral of the Director General of the Cairo Governorate Diwan and 7 other officials from Dar Al-Salam neighborhood; To stand trial on charges of gross financial and administrative wrongdoing. Vito Gate, September 17, 2015.
51. Two workers, one of whom was in the Basateen Police Department and the other was a cleaner at Sidi Gaber Railway Station, were selling tickets while they were in the Upper Egypt train terminal outside the window at more than the prescribed price. Al Bawaba News, 18 September 2015.
52. The post office agent of Kafr Hashad, a resident of the Kom Hamada Center district in the Buhaira Governorate, was arrested for tampering with saving accounts. Al Bawaba News, 18 September 2015.
53. Referring an official at the Egyptian Land Bank to trial after it is proven that he has embezzled clients' funds based on forged documents. Vito Gate, September 18, 2015.
54. Arresting the owners of two car financing stations, accusing them of accumulating large quantities of petroleum "gasoline 80 and diesel." Al Bawaba News, 18 September 2015.
55. Refer the official of the Treasury of Marsa Matrouh City Council to the Public Prosecution. To investigate the incident of embezzlement of 250 thousand pounds. Vito Gate, September 18, 2015.
56. Investigation with Counselor Ahmed Makki, the former Minister of Justice, into the accusations against him of obtaining monetary sums in the form of monthly bonuses after completing his work as a minister without any right. Vito Gate, September 19, 2015.
57. Referral of 8 health officials in Tanta to the disciplinary court for negligence in the "corruption of vaccines" case. Al-Ahram Gate, September 20, 2015.
58. The seizure of municipal meat unfit for human consumption in the many massacres in Minya. Delegation portal, 20 September 2015.
59. Investigate the accusation of 4 civil servants in the North Cairo Court of falsifying judicial rulings, bribery and profiteering, and imitating the signature of judges. Vito Gate, September 20, 2015.
60. The secretary of the engineering store of Cairo sorting workshops, the secretary of the Abu Zaabal housing store of the Railway Authority, and a driver at the Railway Authority, were arrested for seizing some of the equipment that was transported from the sorting workshop store to the Abu Zaabal housing store. Vito Gate, September 20, 2015.
61. 6.5 tons of worm cheese were seized inside a factory before it was sold to consumers in Zefta. Al-Dustour, 21 September 2015.
62. A report on the high status of encroachments on fertile agricultural lands for one million and 383 thousand cases on an area of 60,789 acres of fertile land, Al-Youm Al-Sabea, September 21, 2015.
63. Investigation of the memorandum submitted by Brigadier General Hisham El-Sakka, Director of the Internal Transport Project in Damanhour, which contains serious violations. Our Country Today, September 21, 2015.
64. Refer a lawyer in the Central Administration for Legal Affairs of the Radio and Television Union to trial after it is proven that he has committed the crime of fraud. Vito Gate, September 22, 2015.
65. Canceling the Minister of Health’s decision to sanction the Director General of Ambulance in the Central Upper Egypt region, after the accusations brought against him by the Administrative Prosecution Office were proven false. Vito Gate, September 22, 2015.
66. The seizure of two employees at Al-Omrania Post for embezzling 56,000 pounds. Vito Gate, September 22, 2015.
67. A report issued by the Central Auditing Organization about the waste of public money in Qena Specialized Hospital, regarding the payment of salaries and incentives to a number of doctors, employees and nursing staff 5 years ago despite the end of their service period and their transfer to other places. Vito Gate, September 22, 2015.
68. The head of the removal unit in Muntazah Awal district and (ADM), the representative of the Financial Directorate for Legal Affairs, transferred to the Administrative Prosecution, to collect an immediate fine without a receipt and extract the payment receipt. The seventh day, September 24, 2015.
69. The existence of a number of violations within the Health Directorate in Gharbia Governorate, represented in the disbursement of thousands of pounds from private funds in violation of the law and the disbursement of more than 300 thousand pounds in violation of two senior leaders of the Health Directorate in Al-Gharbiya. The Alternative, 26 September 2015.
70. The release of a storekeeper at the Coinage Authority, on bail of 5,000 pounds, in connection with his accusation of stealing gold bullion. Vito Gate, September 28, 2015.
71. The trial of 5 Arab Bank employees for embezzling clients' money in the bank, and seizing an amount of 3 million pounds, through forging some papers, in the deliberation room. Vito Gate, September 28, 2015.
72. Investigation into the Minister of Urban Development and Informal Settlements wasting nearly 2 billion pounds in projects that she did not disclose. Beginner, 28 September 2015.
73. The president of Basyoun city, “Taha Shams” director of state property, and “Ibrahim Barbash” engineer of state property and workers in the engineering department were accused of causing waste to public money and causing the loss of state property land. Masr Al Balad News, 28 September 2015.
74. The waste of public money in building the wall of the transfer station in the city of Mahalla, at a distance of 521 meters, at a cost of 730 thousand pounds at the end of 2014. Al-Shorouk, 28 September 2015.
75. The general manager of the Al-Saha troupe is acquitted in the artistic house of the theater, after his accusation of wasting public money was proven incorrect. The Beginning, 28 September 2015.
76. Punishing the general manager of the Agricultural Research Center after it is proven that they have committed grave financial and administrative violations. Vito Gate, September 29, 2015.
77. Referral of the Director General of the Contracts and Procurement Department at the Cairo Public Transport Authority, and one of the female employees to trial, after they were proven guilty of serious financial violations. Vito Gate, September 29, 2015.
78. Postponement of the trial of 37 defendants accused of seizing money from the Council for the Care of the Victims and Families of the Martyrs of the January Revolution, amounting to 30 thousand pounds, by forging medical reports about their injuries during the events of the revolution. Vito Gate, September 29, 2015.
79. The imprisonment of a storekeeper responsible for 3 stores of antiquities, and an antiquities inspector in the Old Cairo region, pending investigations, accusing them of seizing antiquities, damaging public money, stealing statues, and trading in and imitating them. Seventh Day, September 29, 2015.
80. The director of the Dar Al Salam Supply Bureau was arrested for seizing 280 ration cards from citizens and seizing the support allocated to them for more than a year. The seventh day, 30 September 2015.
81. Punishing 4 officials from the leaders of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones in Port Said, after it was proven that they were involved in wasting 6.8 million pounds. Vito Gate, September 30, 2015.
82. The seizure of 10 tons of subsidized flour before it was sold on the black market in Qalyubia. Seventh Day, 30 September 2015.
83. Referring the mayor of Baltim to court for committing grave financial and administrative violations and manipulating the process of selling state lands, which resulted in wasting public money. Vito Gate, September 30, 2015.
84. 360 different supply cases seized, including many cases of illegal trade and exploitation of petroleum products and butane cylinders. Seventh Day, 30 September 2015.
85. Disclosure of the existence of mock committees to steal public money in sanitation projects. An-Nab'a, 30 September 2015.