CAIRO – The pinnacle of Egypt’s tax authority, Abdul Azim Hussein, has been arrested on prices of receiving bribes, the general public prosecutors’ workplace mentioned on Saturday.”It was proved via recorded telephone calls and conferences that he obtained cash and items as bribes”, it added in an announcement.The assertion gave no particulars however the state information company MENA mentioned he had obtained bribes from some chartered accountants who have been coping with the tax authority. Legal professionals for Hussein couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.Deputy tax authority director Reda Abdul Kader has been named performing head of the company, the finance ministry mentioned on Saturday. “The (finance) minister affirmed that there is no such thing as a one above regulation, and hat there might be no overlaying up of any corruption,” the ministry added in an announcement.Uncommon anti-government protests flared in September over financial austerity and allegations of official corruption and waste by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and the highly effective army. Sisi denies such accusations.Egyptian authorities have made notable efforts lately to enhance tax assortment and curb tax evasion, tightening legal guidelines and launching public campaigns to encourage folks to settle their tax affairs.A number of senior officers have been arrested underneath Sisi’s five-year-old presidency on prices of receiving bribes, and Egypt rose 12 locations in Transparency Worldwide’s corruption index in 2018 to 105 out of 180 nations.
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