I’m curious about your experience with this. A friend did a big tour through Africa about 15 years ago and when he got home he commented that you had to be careful to right-size your bribe: if your bribe was missing it not big enough, you’d get hassled about paperwork or maybe have to pay a “fine” or “document processing fee” to make up for it; if your bribe was too big, though, then you and the people you were travelling with would be subject to intense scrutiny. From what I recall about $5 USD was about right and $20 USD could result in the contents of your suitcase getting dumped in the dirt and very thoroughly rummaged through.
