Soon after the crash of Russian Airbus A321 in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on October 31, the US-based Stratfor, a geopolitical intelligence firm, published a report saying that security agents at Sharm el-Sheikh airport often accept bribes in exchange for allowing passengers to circumvent checkpoints.
"Talks about bribes are completely wrong. The airport is kept under CCTV surveillance. No employee or security officer can take a bribe — cameras work the clock round," Moussa said.
A source in the Sharm el-Sheikh airport told RIA Novosti Sunday that a VIP service called Marhaba operates in Sharm el-Sheikh airport, allowing passengers to pay money to go through customs and border control without waiting in the queue, however the security check is still conducted. The source added that Marhaba could be probably classified as bribing by people unfamiliar with this service.
The Russian Airbus A321 operated by the Russian airline Kogalymavia crashed en route from Egypt’s resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg. All 224 people on board were killed in what has become the biggest tragedy in Russian and Soviet civil aviation history.
