Hisham Geneina was a top anti-corruption official in Egypt. But when he disclosed an enormous tally of billions of Egyptian pounds lost to corruption under President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s government, he was tossed into prison. The World’s Marco Werman speaks with Hossam Bahgat, the founder of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, about Geneina’s case and the hidden cost of corruption that Egypt suffers every year.
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