The trading companies were not named but described as “major suppliers of food commodities” by MENA. Four Egyptian officials have been arrested on suspicion of taking bribes totalling about EGP2m ($112,000) from commodities trading firms. The chairman of the state-controlled Food Industries Holding Company (FIHC), an official in his office, a supply ministry adviser and a spokesman from the same ministry have been named but the trading firms have not, although they were described as major FIHC suppliers. A senior government official, who did not want to be named, said that the investigation was being led by Egypt's anti-corruption agency.
Four Egyptian officials have been arrested on suspicion of taking bribes totalling about EGP2m ($112,000) from commodities trading firms. The chairman of the state-controlled Food Industries Holding Company (FIHC), an official in his office, a supply ministry adviser and a spokesman from the same ministry have been named but the trading firms have not, although they were described as major FIHC suppliers. A senior government official, who did not want to be named, said that the investigation was being led by Egypt's anti-corruption agency.