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Similar story going into Syria, just before the war: we were at the Turkey-Syria border, trying to cross into Syria, and the Syrian border police decided to sea
by lukebuehler 5y ago
Similar story going into Syria, just before the war: we were at the Turkey-Syria border, trying to cross into Syria, and the Syrian border police decided to search all our belongings, including our wallets. Two hours later we got the visa, but it just happened to cost exactly as much as all the money we had on us.
- _nalply 5y agoInteresting. Your example shows that bribery can be executed even without cooperation by the bribers.
- eloisant 5y agoI'm not sure if this should be called bribery or extortion.
- Cthulhu_ 5y agoIt's a very small difference to be honest.
- lukebuehler 5y agoPerhaps, but I categorized it as bribery: pay some money to cross this or that hurdle. We did not _have_ to go to Syria, as we are just tourists. But I had no hard feelings; we anticipated something like this, and considering that it was only about a $100, in retrospect, I'm very, very glad I got to see the country before the war.
- vijaybritto 5y agoThat's extortion isn't it?