Travel Tip: Which Countries are the Most Corrupt?

http://petergreenberg.com/2016/12/23/whi...t-corrupt/

EXCERPT: Before you take your next trip, you might want to check with the non-profit organization Transparency International. Each year it surveys more than 145 countries and publishes a Corruption Perception Index. That list always has some surprises as to which countries are considered the most corrupt.

The countries are rated on a scale from 1 (least corrupt) to 167 (most corrupt). There are some instances where multiple countries tied with the same score. Some countries are not a surprise [...] but other destinations may pose direct threats to travelers....

Damn...there goes my 5 days 4 nights stay at the Mogadishu Beachfront Hilton with the midnight donkey tour package.

How did Mexico avoid the top 10 most corrupt? I'll never set foot there again. I don't know how I avoided jail there .... Oh! maybe it was the bribe the police suggested I pay them. They were even kind enough to drive me to my hotel to get the money.

(Jan 4, 2017 07:49 PM)Zinjanthropos Wrote: How did Mexico avoid the top 10 most corrupt?

Let me guess 

The way to get through customs without getting serially ripped off was to make such a commotion and an uproar that your official mugger gave up on his share of the takings.

It worked too. (the Yanks can be  the loudest mouths anyway)

I imagine travel has increased so much since those days  that that practice has become  more discrete.

(Jan 5, 2017 12:01 AM)geordief Wrote:

(Jan 4, 2017 07:49 PM)Zinjanthropos Wrote: How did Mexico avoid the top 10 most corrupt?

Let me guess 

The way to get through customs without getting serially ripped off was to make such a commotion and an uproar that your official mugger gave up on his share of the takings.

It worked too. (the Yanks can be  the loudest mouths anyway)

I imagine travel has increased so much since those days  that that practice has become  more discrete.

My adventure was a little different. Tried to frame me for something I didn't do but they had set up. Pay or go to jail. The unsuspecting tourist was in a tough spot. My advice: never drive your own vehicle there, always fly. Stay at a resort and don't leave until it's time to be driven to the airport.