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Egyptian head of tax authority arrested over bribery

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Published on: June 16, 2023

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Abdel Azim Hussein Abdel Azimو head of the Egyptian Tax Authority – Youtube still/EGYPT TODAY

Egyptian authorities arrested on Friday head of the country’s tax authority over bribery charges, official Ahram newspaper reported.

The Administrative Control Authority, the country’s highest anti-graft agency, arrested Abdel-Azim Hussein Abdel-Azim, head of Egypt’s tax authority, for allegedly receiving bribes from some legal accountants, said the report.

Egypt has been launching a massive anti-corruption campaign over the past few years that led to the arrest and imprisonment of several officials and senior employees and the retrieval of large amounts of public funds.

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