
S2 Ep42: Corruption in Customs
VoxDev Development Economics
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How Does Customs Clearance Work in Madagascar?
Inspectors can double or triple their annual salary just by looking the other way on these declarations. Tariff collection is vulnerable to corruption because it's not really easy to verify if the declared value of imports on which the tariffs are levied is correct. The tax liability on any single declaration can be as high as 150,000 pounds. In this environment in Madagascar, customs, sanctions for improper conduct were basically not applied.
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