behind innuendo
and code. Paying for
favorable treatment,
when inappropriate,
is a form of public and
private corruption,
and is illegal. But it is
rampant.
BRIBES
A few “business encounters” amount to
bribery. They have their own language:
baksheesh, dash, la mordida that hide
Government-togovernment it is
called graft. Law
enforcement officials
and civil servants
supplement their
salaries coercing
bribes from unsuspecting tourists. I
traveled for two days recently in an African
countryside where every dozen kilometers
or so we were stopped by armed guards who
demanded credentials. Each time my driver
pressed a few bills hidden behind his license.
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