Egypt Records More Than 23,000 Violations for Carrying Passengers in Truck Beds

Egypt’s Interior Ministry has recorded more than 23,000 violations involving the transport of passengers in the rear cargo beds of light trucks.

The ministry’s agencies are stepping up field enforcement to tackle the practice, which involves carrying workers and other passengers in spaces intended for freight.

The campaign targets the use of vehicles commonly known in Egypt as “quarter-ton trucks” to transport people in conditions described as inhumane and posing an immediate threat to their lives.

The reported tally was not accompanied by a timeframe or a geographical breakdown. The summary also did not specify what penalties were imposed for the violations.