Sentence examples for bribe customs from inspiring English sources

He was accused of heading a $10 billion scheme to bribe customs officials to import cars and oil into China, evading millions of dollars in taxes.

You can pay for school fees, you can buy groceries, I'm told you can even bribe customs officials using M-Pesa.

(The practice of bribing customs officials to allow the import of cheaper French rum became common).

Low point: The company paid $1.6m£1m1m) to settle a case after discovering a subsidiary had been bribing customs officials in Argentina.

The Securities and Exchange Commission, the US market watchdog, alleged that the companies, which include the offshore drilling services group Transocean and drilling company Pride International, had bribed customs officials in more than 10 countries in return for various perks, including the extension of drilling contacts and the avoidance of applicable customs duties on imported goods.

The Justice Department is investigating whether Panalpina bribed customs officials in Nigeria and other countries and has requested documents from the oil service companies and Royal Dutch Shell, according to securities filings.

The First Congress passed the "first federal law against bribery" in 1789, which provided that bribed customs officers would be disqualified from office and payors would be liable for the amount of the bribe.

The small coca-leaf farmers, known as cocaleros, from the lowlands east of Cochabamba, had indeed joined the protesters, but ordinary Bolivians draw a sharp distinction between cocaleros and the wealthy, Army-bribing, customs-bribing narcotraficantes.

Antislavery activist Harriet Tubman guided fugitives at night and bribed custom officials to turn a blind eye.

If you want to import alcohol, you are much better off declaring it as (duty-free) baby food and bribing a customs official.

Truck drivers could load containers and drive right out of the port, bribing the customs police to let them through without checking documents.