It is what i bluntly call "Institutional Corruption"
Mamady Cham
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Tel (Hom)  +47 2218 7768> Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 18:30:54 -0400> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: SEASONED TRAVELLERS> To: [log in to unmask]> > This isn't normal at all. I went through Dakar many times to The Gambia and never paid a dime. This must be new.> > > -----Original Message-----> From: [log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask]> Sent: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 5:08 PM> Subject: SEASONED TRAVELLERS> > > A QUESTION> > My friend who recently returned from Gambia disclosed some surprising> news. In January, he transit through Senegal. He had 2 bags (large &> medium size), 2 new cell phones, a tape recorder, a camera and of> cause assorted personal effects.> > According to him, he was taxed or should i say he was made to pay> tariffs on the radio, 2 cell phones, the camera and above all, he was> charged for carrying excessive luggage (2 bags). In total, he paid> close to $300.00.> > Is it a normal thing to pay these types of charges when you are only> changing a flight in a foreign country. Because he informed me> further that between 20 to 30 Gambian peacekeepers from Sudan refused> to pay any kind of tariffs, arguing that they were only in transit.> That the refusal of the Gambian troops to come to terms with the> Senegalese delayed the flight. That the troops eventually abandoned> their luggage in a dramatic show of displeasure and made up for a> road trip to Banjul. They however warned the Senegalese to ensure> that their luggage reach them in Gambia intact.> > My friend told me that only a small number of them remained to board> the flight to Banjul.> > Is this normal in all transit situationS?> > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤> To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web > interface> at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html> > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l> To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to:> [log in to unmask]> ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤> ________________________________________________________________________> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.> > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface> at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html> > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l> To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to:> [log in to unmask]> 
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