One of the guys I know who works for customs. Once we were sitting in family setting a guy started saying well you guys can afford these lavish parties because of bribe income in customs job and his wife was like "those rich men make too much money, if we take a part of it, it doesn't affect much".
But little did she know that big guys in export import business can afford to pay bribes but it over the time results in small guys finding it hard to compete.
The guys who paid bribes usually got the value of goods lowered so ended up effectively paying less import duties compared to the guy who were not asked any bribe because they were too small.
A group of customs workers discuss a birthday present for one of them. One suggests, a car. Nah, too small, say the others. Another one, an apartment. Nah, too small... What about letting him work one shift alone? Now easy there, tiger.
But little did she know that big guys in export import business can afford to pay bribes but it over the time results in small guys finding it hard to compete.
The guys who paid bribes usually got the value of goods lowered so ended up effectively paying less import duties compared to the guy who were not asked any bribe because they were too small.