Row in Egypt after official says government imposes income tax on arrested drug dealers, prostitutes
A tax official in Egypt has recently raised controversy when stating that the government is imposing an income tax on all drug traffickers, prostitutes and arms traders who are arrested.
![620794184 A man counts Egyptian pounds at currency exchange shop in downtown Cairo on November 3, 2016. - Egypt floated the country's pound as part of a raft of reforms, after a dollar crunch and exorbitant black market trade threatened to grind some imports to a halt. (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2020/08/GettyImages-620794184.jpg/GettyImages-620794184.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=40DbwEhX)
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