Egypt has requested Spain to hand over former contractor turned whistleblower Mohamed Ali wanted for tax evasion and money laundering. The Egyptian prosecutor’s office has accused Ali of defrauding €7.6m (£6.9m) in three cases of fraudulent real-estate sales and a fourth for money laundering, over the 2006-2008 period, The Guardian reports. Ali has become since last year a thorny issue for the regime of President al-Sisi. The former contractor who worked for the military for 15 years made several YouTube videos in which he exposed the corruption practices and lavish lifestyles of the regime and the army. Ali had sought to gather the Egyptian battered opposition but the dream quickly faded away as the government clapped down severely on the demonstrations.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 16, 2020 13:07 UTC