Essam Bella, managing director of Clarksons Dubai, has been accused by Egyptian authorities of bribing a state-owned business in exchange for shipping tenders, according to local reports.

Egyptian media reported last week that the country's Administration Control Authority (ACA), an entity tasked with rooting out corruption in the country’s corporate sector, allegedly caught Bella giving EGP 40,000 ($2,500) to Mohamed Zaki Fawzi.