Egyptian head of tax authority arrested over bribery

CAIRO, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- 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.