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If you’re ever in a country where you think you can bribe the cops, say Mexico and you got pulled over for a speeding or stop sign violation or something like that, you don’t hand them money and expect it to work. You say “how much?” They usually say back “how much what?”How much for me to leave right now? I don’t want to go to the station” (they usually say you got caught and they have to take you to the station. You do not want to do this. There is no reason on earth you want to end up in Mexican jail or prison) if they say no you can ask once or twice more but if they stick to no, it won’t work. If they’re down, you’ll see them look around, maybe walk to the back of your car for a second, and come back after they turned any chest cams on. Then you hand them a decent amount in big bills, nothing too crazy say 40-60, and when they ask for more you tell them that’s all you have. They might press some more at which point pull out a small bill 1-10 give it to them snd say now my wallet is empty. They’ll usually tell you to slow down or make sure you stop and then you leave. Whatever you do follow whatever law they got you for and drive extra cautious the rest of the way. When I’m driving in countries like that I keep 2 big bills and 1-2 smaller bills in my wallet and keep the rest of my cash stashed in a safe location. You want to be able to show them an empty wallet so they don’t think you’re holding out.
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I’ve been shaken down by cops in Central America (90’s). It could be different now; but the unwritten rule was:
That way there was plausible deniability that “this was a bribe”. Worst case, he could say “oh, you dropped this” if anyone saw.
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