It was that the police didn't enforce the law, and criminals went free. A decade ago, the theory was in vogue that traditional cultures pulled too quickly into modern capitalism lend themselves to corruption. Transparency International argues strenuously that this so-called culture of corruption is a myth. Most observers, however, believe that Egypt's corruption problem comes from the government's hesitancy in adjusting to a market system. Ethics are not taught in business school, says Abdel Aziz Hijazy, former prime minister and director of an accounting firm.
Enforcement is also a problem, particularly in the financial sector.
They have 200 supervisers in the control department, and 81 banks with thousands of branches. Al Destour blamed the vastly insufficient Superviser on former president Anwar Al Sadat, who cut the agency down to size after they went after his brother. Officials aren't accountable. Public sector bosses run loose ships. On-site inspectors are lazy.