Egyptian soccer fan’s anti-corruption campaign gathers steam

In the firing line: Al Ahly chairman Hassan Hamdy
By James M. Dorsey
A campaign by militant Egyptian soccer fans to root out corruption gathered steam this week with the slapping of a travel ban on and the freezing of assets of the chairman of crowned Cairo club Al Ahly SC by the country’s Illicit Gains Authority (IGA).
Hassan Hamdy, who until recently dou…
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