Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia arrests government staff on corruption charges
Saudi Arabia arrested a total of 127 government officials and employees on charges of bribery, abuse of power, and forgery.
This follows 5279 inspection rounds that the authority carried out during the last month. The inspection rounds resulted in the investigation of charges against 258 suspects and arrest of 127 among them.
Those arrested included officials and employees of the ministries of defense, interior, health, justice, education and municipal, rural Affairs and housing.