• I Paid A Bribe
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Bribe on landing in India

Reported on August 20, 2011 from Mumbai , Maharashtra  ι Report #4337

I arrived from Toronto and as I am a trader I need 2 laptops for doing my job . Both were used old laptops. The customs officer argued that only one laptop was allowed and either I can pay the duty which was around 15000 or something could be worked out for 8000. As I have been traveling for almost 24 hrs , I had no energy to argue. Hence I paid 8000. He gave my passport to the policeman with instructions to give back the passport after collecting 8000. The policeman took me to a small room closely collected the 8000 and gave me back my passport.

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