corruption
Whistleblower interrogated for spilling secrets of carcinogenic wheat
Egypt
June 27, 2011
Whistleblower interrogated for spilling secrets of carcinogenic wheat
An Egyptian government audit officer, who recently claimed that his superiors had attempted to cover up incidents of corruption, was…
Egyptian to drop Palm Hills, Kingdom cases
Business
June 27, 2011
Egyptian to drop Palm Hills, Kingdom cases
An Egyptian citizen who tried to overturn state land sales to Palm Hills and Saudi firm Kingdom Holding has decided…
Supreme Council of Antiquities donated revenues to Suzanne Mubarak’s charity
Egypt
June 26, 2011
Supreme Council of Antiquities donated revenues to Suzanne Mubarak’s charity
Al-Masry Al-Youm has obtained a copy of an agreement between the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Heliopolis Charity Organization,…
Egyptian steel magnate faces new graft charges
Egypt
June 26, 2011
Egyptian steel magnate faces new graft charges
Egyptian steel magnate Ahmed Ezz, a top ally of ousted President Hosni Mubarak who is being investigated for graft, faces…
Egypt’s first freedom of information law in the works
Egypt
June 26, 2011
Egypt’s first freedom of information law in the works
For the first time in its modern legal history and after various failed attempts, Egypt might see its first freedom…
Adly trial postponed, clashes erupt at courthouse
Egypt
June 26, 2011
Adly trial postponed, clashes erupt at courthouse
Clashes erupted in front of the New Cairo Criminal Court on Sunday after the trial of former Interior Minister Habib…
Court sentences Rachid to 5 years in prison in absentia
Egypt
June 25, 2011
Court sentences Rachid to 5 years in prison in absentia
The Cairo Criminal Court on Saturday sentenced former Trade and Industry Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid to five years in prison…
Source: Hussein Salem’s handover possible under UN treaty against corruption
Egypt
June 25, 2011
Source: Hussein Salem’s handover possible under UN treaty against corruption
Spain's attorney general has asked that Egyptian business tycoon Hussein Salem be kept under house arrest after paying a bail…
Government’s financial oversight body in need of serious reform, say officials
Egypt
June 24, 2011
Government’s financial oversight body in need of serious reform, say officials
A group of controllers working in the Central Auditing Organization (CAO) are objecting to the slow pace of reform and…