Egypt cracks down on travel agencies over Hajj trip frauds
STORY: Egypt cracks down on travel agencies over Hajj trip frauds
SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage
DATELINE: June 23, 2024
LENGTH: 00:00:41
LOCATION: Cairo
CATEGORY: LAW
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the cabinet headquarters
2. shot of Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly speaking
STORYLINE:
The Egyptian government is set to ban the operation of 16 travel agencies for arranging "fraudulent" Hajj trips to Saudi Arabia for unregistered pilgrims.
At a Hajj deaths crisis unit meeting held on Saturday, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said he has ordered the license of these agencies to be revoked and those involved persons and entities transferred to public prosecution, according to an Egyptian cabinet statement.
The statement did not detail which agencies or concerned persons were behind organizing such trips through fraudulence or other illicit means for unregistered pilgrims to Mecca.
Madbouly updated that among more than 50,000 registered Egyptian pilgrims, a total of 31 people with "chronic dis
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