bribes
Electoral bribes persist as parliamentary runoffs near end: observers
Egypt
December 2, 2015
Electoral bribes persist as parliamentary runoffs near end: observers
Election observers have detected the persistence of bribes and violations by candidate campaigners throughout the final day of Egyptian parliamentary…
Germany paid out bribes to host 2006 World Cup: Report
World
October 17, 2015
Germany paid out bribes to host 2006 World Cup: Report
Germany’s application committee paid out bribes in 2000 to four Asian members of the FIFA, the weekly reported. The slush fund…
Wafd Party reform movement launches ‘Clean Vote’ campaign to fight election bribes
Egypt
September 16, 2015
Wafd Party reform movement launches ‘Clean Vote’ campaign to fight election bribes
The Wafd Party's reform movement has launched a campaign entitled “Clean Vote”, which aims to fight bribes on buying votes. The movement…
Ex-Bechtel exec gets 3-1/2 years in prison for Egypt electricity kickbacks
Egypt
March 24, 2015
Ex-Bechtel exec gets 3-1/2 years in prison for Egypt electricity kickbacks
A former executive at Bechtel Corp was sentenced to 3-1/2 years in prison on Monday for accepting $5.2 million in…
Ibrahim Seada on watch list for Akhbar al-Youm Gifts case
Egypt
April 1, 2013
Ibrahim Seada on watch list for Akhbar al-Youm Gifts case
Public funds prosecution issued an arrest warrant on Monday for Ibrahim Seada, former chairman of Akhbar al-Youm, in the latest…
Former minister pays thousands to Al-Akhbar to reconcile with state
Egypt
March 14, 2013
Former minister pays thousands to Al-Akhbar to reconcile with state
Former Information Minister Anas al-Fiqqi has paid LE60,000 to the state-run Al-Akhbar Al-Youm Institution for Journalism as repyament for illegal…
Cairo microbus drivers protest against ‘tax increases’
Egypt
April 28, 2011
Cairo microbus drivers protest against ‘tax increases’
Dozens of microbus drivers protested on Thursday outside the Giza Governorate Headquarters, denouncing an increase in their annual taxes, which…
Health officials sentenced to jail
Egypt
September 23, 2010
Health officials sentenced to jail
The Giza Criminal Court, presided over by Nabil Mohamed Abdel Meguid, has sentenced two Ministry of Health officials to five…
Religious Endowments Minister on muezzins, sex-changes, politics in mosques
Egypt
July 26, 2010
Religious Endowments Minister on muezzins, sex-changes, politics in mosques
Minister of Awqaf (religious endowments) Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq said he will not permit any political group, including the National Democratic…
Police question Israel’s Olmert in bribery probe
World
May 25, 2010
Police question Israel’s Olmert in bribery probe
Jerusalem --Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, already on trial for corruption, was questioned by police on Tuesday on suspicion…