Cairo hosted a regional counternarcotics conference in August 1995. Interdiction efforts remain a priority for the GOE and law enforcement staff at Cairo International Airport. Resources include a US DEA-trained canine sniffer team, police, customs officials, and ANGA personnel. British customs officials have provided training in the use of airline computers to assist in the identification of drug traffickers. ANGA's other counternarcotics efforts remain focused on reducing consumption and interdicting drug trafficking in Egypt.
Corruption is prevalent in Egypt.
However, the USG knows of no accusations of drug-related corruption among senior ANGA or higher echelon GOE officials. Agreements and Treaties. The GOE finalized the bilateral counternarcotics agreement with India in March 1995. The Director of ANGA was elected Vice President of the UN International Narcotics Committee and his term will run until 1999. Egypt ratified the 1988 UN Convention in 1991 and attempts to fulfill the precepts of the Convention within the framework of its Constitution and religious customs.