Egyptian head of tax authority arrested over bribery

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.