[size=55:woho67zm]Standart 03 October 2010
Customs Officers Earn 1000 E a Day from Bribes
[size=85:woho67zm]Fuels and cigarettes are the most expensive goods that enter the country illegally
A customs shift senior earns 1000 euro a day from “tips.” The higher officers earn several times more. Against bribes trucks cross the borders without checking or documents are processed under the counter. The scandalous tariff that even the crisis was not able to cure was revealed to the Standart by those employed in the Customs system. For a fee of 500 levs the border-check-points at Zlatarevo and Gyueshevo wink at trucks with vegetables from Macedonia. The rates for trucks loaded with Turkish or Chinese clothes or trainers are even lower - 300 levs.
The usual bribe for a cigarette-smuggling truck is 4500 levs and a full fuel truck is charged 5000 levs.