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Nepal Bans Airline Staff Pockets

Posted by samzenpus on from the that-should-solve-the-problem dept.

In an attempt to stop wide spread bribe-taking, staff at Nepal's main international airport are being issued pants without pockets. Nepal's Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) sent a team to the airport to "observe the growing complaints about the behaviour of airport authorities and workers towards travellers." "We discovered that the reports were true," said spokesman Ishwori Prasad. I have a feeling that staff will also find themselves wearing mittens soon.

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  1. Not bribery by kylemonger · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If they are going to screw you over if you don't pay and you know this, then what they are doing is not "taking bribes", it is extortion. Call a shakedown a shakedown, otherwise the extortionists win the rhetoric battle.