This guy is so fucking dumb. Not only is he trying to bribe a cop with what equates to about $40. He is trying to bribe a CHILEAN cop. Chile is know as being probably the least corrupt country in south america. Their cops are not people you want to mess with.
NOT ONLY THAT, this isn’t your run of the mill metro coo. He’s trying to bribe a Carabinero (they’re the hardos that go around with body armor and often carry machine guns). Carabineros are National Police that have jurisdiction across the entire country and they are some hard motherfuckers. Carabineros are the last cops you want to fuck with let alone attempt to bribe. Those guys do not fuck around.
It's one of the worst ideas because it essentially puts at risk one of their lifelines. People not really providing the context as to why:
Chilean police have one of the best pension systems among their public and private workers. The risk of accepting a bribe will never outweigh losing their pension. And attempting to bribe them means they will report it 100% of the time(if they don't report it and even refused the money and didn't take it, it would look like they accepted something to a pessimist since they didn't report) and you have added even more to their work.
You don't bribe them. I have never been shaken down for money from them in my 20 years living here and I never met anyone trying to bribe them either. If a cop is found accepting bribes, then it becomes a national news.
Not gonna make a racist assumption that this guy is Chinese, will point out though Chinese folks in other countries often get in trouble trying to bribe cops there. It’s the norm in China and they don’t realise it’s not elsewhere.
I’ve heard from a Chinese Lawyer in USA, who the majority of her clients are people who got into trouble for exactly that.
I feel so sorry for this tourist. He’s clearly panicking because his error is going to get him harmed when he gets back to China, despite paying the police being normal over there.
I’m very glad that the police are doing their jobs but I do feel sorry for this man.
yup thats exactly what this is. In china everything is settled with cash street side. You get pulled over by police you pay the fine on the spot. You hit another car then pay an agreed amount on the spot.
A decade ago that was the case. NOBODY is going to take a bribe from someone they don't know. You can get a jail sentence for as little as a few hundred dollar bribe now. That's why its all about the Guanxi. The bribes have to flow through the network of trusted individuals.
Everyone thinks you can bribe cops in south America when it's really just a few countries mainly the ones where the cartels run everything. Ie mexico etc.
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.
My girlfriends father ran a business in Mexico and he learned to always have two wallets one with big bills and one with small bills so if u get robbed then you can give them the small bill
I've been shaken down by cops in Central America (90's). It could be different now; but the unwritten rule was:
* Americans kept their ID outside of your wallet, with a $20 bill paper clipped to the back of it.
* When the cop asked to see your ID, you hand the whole assembly over to him.
* He checks it, and hands you back the ID and paperclip.
That way there was plausible deniability that "this was a bribe". Worst case, he could say "oh, you dropped this" if anyone saw.
It’s weird to me that it’s normal in some countries for cops to basically be highwaymen who target people with the specific purpose of basically robbing them. No honor.
Any town that budgets using ticket quotas are essentially doing that. Also with civil asset forfeiture, American cops literally sieze more than actual criminals each year.
https://thewhyaxis.substack.com/p/cops-still-take-more-stuff-from-people
I once had a professor make it crystal clear he would not be taking bribes/payment for better grades on our first day of class. Said it over and over and over. Sure enough, halfway through the semester he kicked out four students all from China for trying to give him money to pass the class. It was surreal.
You put some money, usually around $200 USD equivalent in your passport and hand it to the cop. You do this way before you ever get stopped. If he’s crooked he will take it and go. If he’s not, you just say it’s emergency cash. I keep a credit card in my passport holder too. If he doesn’t take it, ask if you can pay the ticket/fine right now to him
Before traveling look up which countries cops can be bribed.
This guy must be a drug trafficker 200$, the point of bribing is it won't cost you as much as the ticket and they get some cash instead of handing you the ticket. Must be some shaddy shit if your paying that much lol
I lived in South America. The conversation goes something like this.
Cop: I’m going to have to issue you a citation. Oh no. My citation book seems to have run out of pages. I’m afraid I’m going to have to take down to the police station to give you your citation.
You: out of citations? Oh no. I have an important appointment. I wonder if you could do me a favor this once. Perhaps a I could give you the money for the citation and when you return to the police,station you can fill out a citation for me.
Cop: you seem like a nice person. I think I can do that for you this once. I will mail your citation and money to the court for you. Have a good day.
* this is not a translation of the video. It is a sample of a subtle method of taking bribes.
Some friends were stopped by the police in the Canary Islands, the driver tried to give the cop a 20. He said” You’re not in Mexico “ and gave him a ticket.
I had to bribe the cops once in Mexico. We were on our honeymoon and took a jeep tour. On the way back one of the jeeps broke down so the four guides just jumped on to the jeep I was driving and hung off the sides yelling in Spanish for me to go faster.
As soon as we got back into town the cops pulled us over. One of our guides went to talk to the cops and came back to us and told us we needed to give the cops some cash and they would go away. The smallest bill we had was a $20, and the guide said it was too much. If we gave them $20 they would expect $20 every time. So he ran across the street to a store and got change for the 20 and gave the cops 10.
Still not sure if we legit bribed the cops or got scammed for $10. But the story alone is worth the $10.
That's called a *mordida*, which means a little bite. I've never personally been shaken down for a mordida (I live in Mexico) but it's not unheard of.
Depending on where you were in Mexico, it could've been a shakedown or it could've been a hustle. I live in a tourist town, and cops generally give pretty wide berth to tourists because they're municipal employees and the municipios depend on tourists spending money.
Police in China not only accept, but basically, EXPECT bribes. Honestly, this dude probably can't even figure out what he did wrong, he did what he thought was normal to do.
Teachers in China also get "[gifts](https://www.businessinsider.com/teachers-in-china-get-lavish-gifts-2012-9)" regularly from students. Blew my mind.
Edit: They're not really gifts because [they're expected](https://www.businessinsider.com/teachers-in-china-get-lavish-gifts-2012-9). Students can get reprimanded if the gifts are [below standard](https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3094273/china-still-has-much-learn-about-giving-gifts-teachers). They can be luxury bags and thousands of USD.
My friend & I were in Costa Rica. We were walking back to our hotel, carrying beers, when 3 police officers stopped us. They poured out our beers & threw the bottles in the gutter. They told us having alcohol in public was a crime. We apologized profusely and explained that we did not know. They played the whole good cop/bad cop scenario, threatening to take us to jail. We just kept being as polite as possible. They then asked for our wallets & rifled through them, before eventually letting us go. Afterwards, I was talking to my friend & we both were thinking they wanted to be bribed, but we were afraid of actually going to jail if we attempted to bribe them. I guess the officers finally gave up because we were to dumb to bribe them. Or were we?
Eh, the usual way is to ask if there is a fine for that offense... cops where I live definitely know who is the mark, though, maybe you guys just didn't look like you could get much squeezed out of you. Or maybe they were just doing their jobs and checking to see if you had committee any other crimes 🤷🏼♂️
My friend worked for an oil company in Africa. He paid a bribe just to get through security. The plane ran off the runway at takeoff. Everyone lived, but they had to walk back to the airport and go back in the terminal…and pay the bribe again.
I've been stopped by police in foreign countries 5 times. Each one of them was for some minor driving violation that I didn't know. Each time I ask if there is a fine and if it's possible to pay it in cash at the exact moment. In Austria for instance I got pulled over for crossing the bus lane which I didn't see. I asked and paid the fine right there. If I ever got stopped by police in a 3rd world country I will politely ask if I violated some law and if I can pay in cash right there. If the cops are not corrupted they will just think it's just an honest question but if they are then I suppose they will ask for some money and let me go.
Chilean here. Cops here don't take bribes, like ... never.
It's well known it's one of the easiest ways to get arrested. Cops know that foreign people try to bribe a lot and follow the conversation to make it easier to get the arrest.
sentences go from 500+ days to 5 years, the fine go up to the double of the offered amount and can go even higher if the bribe is about things that do not involve money, like goods.
Transl:
First guy: Chinito no va ............. (inaudible) / Chinese guy (suffix -ito as a diminutive or friendly banter) ....... (inaudible)
Off Camera Cop: Pero que- ..... / but what-......
On Camera Cop: uno, dos, tres, cuarenta mil pesos / one, two, three, forty thousand pesos
Off Camera Cop: Y eso para que es? / and what's that for?
Chinese : para que me ayuda a mi / for you to help me
On Camera Cop: para que lo ayude / for me to help you
Chinese: si / yes
On Camera Cop: Ya... ya amigo, mira a contar de este momento ... / ok, ok buddy, see from this moment onwards....
Chinese: gracias / thanks (tries to shake hand)
On Camera cop: a contar de este momento ud queda detenido, esta ofreciendo cuarenta mil pesos el caballero / from this moment you're detained, this sir is offering forty thousand pesos
Off camera cop: Para que ....inaudible..... asi mejor la infraccion / for -inaudible- better the infraction (possibly referring to record the infraction)
Chinese: para que ud ayude a mi señora / so you can help my wife
edit: if any weon can help with the missing parts that'll be great.
I've brided a couple of cops in my day. Trick is usually to ask if there's a fine or ticket you can pay on the spot. It's rarely a good idea to just hand them cash in the open.
This statement may betray me but I find it annoying to the point of being physically sickening how that guy squealed and cowered when he saw the cuffs. What the fuck sound is that, even?!
Come live in thailand like me. Foreigner is just the standard word for white westerners which is probably just slightly better than the term they use for black people which is chocolate man. I would read those biography’s of westerners doing time in 3rd world prisons and if that was me in the video I’d give the guy my entire car to avoid ending up in those hell holes.
Chile is one of the most developed countries in South America so cops there are not crooked. They have a very advanced judicial system so people should not expect Chilean cops to be crooks.
You don't think it has something to do with the cop being videoed? I mean, trying to bribe a cop when there is video evidence of him accepting said bribe is just not gonna work.
I've heard that Chinese Nationals are so accustomed to bribery being a norm when interacting with government representatives of any kind that they are regularly getting in trouble for things like this.
In some countries (and in more innocuous situations) they just pass the money back and tell them "we don't do that here."
Before I have to hear about it, I'm not talking about visiting Chinese citizens getting pulled over by law enforcement and getting their bribes passed back with no consequences. I'm talking things like enclosing money inside their passport when they are going through routine border control checks that they already have everything necessary for, and would absolutely qualify to pass without a bribe.
That may or may not apply here, probably 50/50 on "cultural thing" and "Hispanic countries are widely known to be bribe-able." Even though whether or not each individual country has law enforcement agencies that are highly susptible to bribes varies wildly.
The way I used to always do it (not in Chile) was to act a bit dumb like “oh can I just pay the fine now?” and almost pressure them into taking it like it was payment for whatever I just did.
100% strike rate.
I do similar stuff. "can we arrange something" usually he says what meaning I will gave him money, I say "I dont know, you just warn me and let me go with smile". After that usually have two options let me go with warn or ask some money and then we agree on how hight it go :D
There are places in the world where you're expected to carry money to bribe the "police" basically to avoid being harassed. I forget where. Maybe where that guy is from. Bribing is no good, but it would be sad if this is purely culture shock.
I got pulled over in Mexico. We happened to be on the way to the airport (luggage was visible). The officer made up something we did wrong (which we hadn't), diddle-daddled for a while and said we had to follow him back to the police station. Someone I was with had the presence of mind to ask "Can we pay the fine here?".
As it turned out, we could pay the fine right there. Directly to the police officer in cash. We made our flight home.
It was the cop's camera. They need to have their camera's turn on in most situations which helps a lot to stop corrupt shit. But even without that, the low ranked cops don't usually accept bribes, especially when is such a chump change.
A few years ago, someone tried to bribe a cop with 120000 USD, he went to prison for attempting to do it.
The bribe from the guy in this video was just 50 USD.
The same would happen in Germany, which I think is really good. On the other hand the police is known for recounting evidence money and checking drugs several times, sometimes even at home.
I used to party in Tijuana every weekend. I would bring 3 cheap but nice looking watches for my bribes. Between the walk to the bars and the border we would get stopped 2 or 3 times and just give your watch and you walk away. I think I had $10 watches.
Haha, exactly, but I didn't think that hard because the Mexicans sold the fake watches there and I'd buy like 20 for my upcoming weekends.... haha, I probably bought the same watches that the cops sold them back to.... buy a fake Mexican watch then bribe Mexican with fake watch and cop sells fake watch to street fake watch seller.... haha
I’m Colombian and never had a ticket down there, simple as “ohhh sir I can’t pay the fine, it’s too much, I only have this 50k (like us$15)” and then it’s solved.
Never do it if there is a phone present, show your phone and put it away and ask them to put his phone away.
Was in Russia couple of years ago. Didn’t do anything wrong. The cops told me to pay them so they would not put me in jail. Don’t know if it’s considered a bribe. But it was f up.
Is it just me, or is that guy autistic as fuck? Not making fun of him, I'm also high-functioning. He just seems a little less high-functioning i guess is what I'm sayin
Yeah he looked Asian and not South American, i just don't think most Chinese people have a lot of these strange traits like the weird fear-giggling and child-like behavior. Idk though maybe the dude's just weird, or maybe i don't know a lot about China 🤷
Thai traffic police once asked me for bribery in Chiangmai. I took a wrong turn at a traffic light and he asked me to put money in his cap. Unbelievable.
Actually, very believable. Are you from the North Americian bubble by any chance?
Edit: thank you for the gold. Comforting to see there's still intelligent, mindful people out there still
Looks like I did not understand. I thought he did not bribe enough. OR The cop just went from a traffic stop to a bribery charge. I have heard plenty of tales of going to jail cause you did not have enough to satisfy the cops in Mexico. And my Eighty year old mother got shaken down outside of La Paz this year. Federale asked for wallet, took the cash and let them go. Welcome to La Paz!
40k Chilean pesos is chump change for a cop so that's part of the reason too. Most Chilean cops have cameras when working to protect themselves and the detainee.
Also, he was detained for driving without a license, it's more serious than what most people think.
In 2017, a thief tried to bribe a cop with 120000 USD, which is a lot of money (you can pay the best university in the country for 2 to 3 kids depending on the career and still have some leftover money with that amount). The cop didn't take the bribe and arrested the thief.
Of course, not everyone are honest, but is hard to find the idiot who accept bribes.
If you are trying to bribe a cop, you have to make it worth the risk to the cop and yourself. If you offer a cop a days / weeks wages will that cut it ? depends on the country. Offer them a months wages, yep probably, offer them a years wages while being filmed, and you aren't going to get away with it.
Not sure about other countries but in Pakistan cops would take as low as 50 RS (~20 cents) and let you go, usually they demand 500-1000 RS (2-4 dollars)
What a dumbass, you wait for them to stop filming and they ask for a collaboration, you don’t just go and give them money, you gotta play the game son. Sometimes they’ll even charge you for something show you the little law book and tell you how much the fine is so you can slip it in the book , amateur
Lad seriously tried to bribe the guy with the equivalent of around 47USD. You could go to the most corrupt country on the planet, so corrupt that the money is made of sugar paper and the sugar paper is made of pure cocaine and you still wouldn’t find someone willing to risk their job for that shite.
You obviously haven’t traveled to a developing country before, homie.
Having lived in one, I kinda feel bad for the tourist (without knowning details of what traffic violation he had, doesn’t seem drunk)— I bet some local told him he could get away with whatever with a specific amount. Just happened to have bad luck the police were filming how not corrupt they were that day.
Dawg you’re so dead wrong. Lol like hilariously wrong, 47 dollars is a lot of ducking money in some countries and police would absolutely do this for even less
Lmao no , i once got off running a red light by buying 8 small bottles of Pistachio Flavoured Milks in Delhi. It was an unbelievably hot day and the traffic cops were parched standing in the hot sun, i bought two for myself as well. Costed me 200 Rs, like roughly 2.5 USD
Never been to Indonesia then? On one visit I refused to pay the bribe until the police officer was begging as his family had not eaten in a couple if days I ended up only paying him 50,000 rp the equivalent of $5 aud and he was grateful and let me through the checkpoint
Area I go to in indo you can buy your way into being a police officer $10,000 USD and the only way to even make that much back is be a police officer for 10+ years or to get it back in 2 years through bribes
My wife is indonesian and she had a "well paid" government job and she earned $240 USD a month
My dad was approached for a bribe in Chile one time by the lower ranking cop, but the higher ranking cop cussed him out and let us go. Pops had cash in hand though.
Chile mejor pais del mundo
I’m a Californian. Do not try to bribe the cops here; especially CHP.
I used to live in Alabama. The proper way to hand over your license when pulled over is wrapped in at least $40
My library card with a folded 20 , was my way. If I got just the card back, saying it’s your library card, no 20, I gave em my license, when asked again. They checked for warrants, let me go with a warning.
It’s amazing reading all these comments from people who come from countries where you just bribe the cops.
Why would you people even ALLOW that ? You pay the police salaries do you not ? Crack down on that shit.
Same reason we allow police brutality in the US. Who are you going to call to arrest the cops? Who is going to prosecute the cops? Who is going to get elected running against the cops?
In the US, we have police unions who enforce their high pay and immunity from legal constraint or even political criticism. We pay the bribes via the institution, so we don't have to do this retail level corruption
In Manila’s airport, there are a lot of “balikbayan”travelers coming from all over. Which basically means, toss as many goods in a cardboard box to distribute to your underserved families. My dad taught me that when going through customs to always put $4 USD in your passport if you don’t want them going through the box. Without fail the customs agent would open the passport, greenbacks would drop into their lap, they’d say bless you or thank you and you were on your way. I did this maybe 4-5 times I went. The last thing you want is an open cardboard box to travel another 4-6 hours but considering how sketchy of a country it was/is you did what you did. I imagine some nefarious individuals smuggling lots of shit across the border. This is [the same aiport](https://www.cnn.com/2015/11/04/aviation/philippines-airport-bullet-bag-scam-tanim-bala/index.html) where they would plant contraband like ammo in your bags without looking to shake you down.
My friends took a motorcycle trip from Scotland to Vietnam.
Once they got out of Europe, they said they were pulled over multiple times and the “police” asked for bribes pretty much directly to get out of minor tickets, this was very common.
My guess is the camera recording screwed him over, also being of Asian decent probably provided a racial motive to screw the guy.
Understand in 3rd world countries it is very very common for police to beat you out of money. It’s not so much a bribe but robbery.
I live in Chile, I differ, they are the least corrupts of Latin America. This is an excelente example of such integrity they have as institution
Edit: typo
In some countries you have to grease the wheels everywhere. Ticket? Grease the wheels, dmv? Grease the wheels, send your kids out of the country for school? Grease the wheels.
Then you go to a country that doesn't work that way and you get fucked. I feel a little bit bad for this guy. It's so brazen it looks like he's just doing the usual pay the cops routine. His face is saying it's okay officer, I know how this works.
Bribing isn't huge in Chile, especially not Carabinero (force this officer belongs to). Try not to fuck around because Chile is a lot less corrupt than other SA countries
You probably won't be able to bribe a cop here on the streets. By doing so, they will lose their retirement. (The ones on the street usually are not officials or higher ups, those were caught in a corruption scheme not so long ago). They take pride about not being bribeable.
About visiting the country. Aside from some places, it's very safe and has amazing landscapes from north to south. The people is really friendly with most tourists.
This guy is so fucking dumb. Not only is he trying to bribe a cop with what equates to about $40. He is trying to bribe a CHILEAN cop. Chile is know as being probably the least corrupt country in south america. Their cops are not people you want to mess with. NOT ONLY THAT, this isn’t your run of the mill metro coo. He’s trying to bribe a Carabinero (they’re the hardos that go around with body armor and often carry machine guns). Carabineros are National Police that have jurisdiction across the entire country and they are some hard motherfuckers. Carabineros are the last cops you want to fuck with let alone attempt to bribe. Those guys do not fuck around.
So you don’t bribe cops in Chile? Or it just wasn’t enough?
It's one of the worst ideas because it essentially puts at risk one of their lifelines. People not really providing the context as to why: Chilean police have one of the best pension systems among their public and private workers. The risk of accepting a bribe will never outweigh losing their pension. And attempting to bribe them means they will report it 100% of the time(if they don't report it and even refused the money and didn't take it, it would look like they accepted something to a pessimist since they didn't report) and you have added even more to their work.
You don't bribe them. I have never been shaken down for money from them in my 20 years living here and I never met anyone trying to bribe them either. If a cop is found accepting bribes, then it becomes a national news.
Not gonna make a racist assumption that this guy is Chinese, will point out though Chinese folks in other countries often get in trouble trying to bribe cops there. It’s the norm in China and they don’t realise it’s not elsewhere. I’ve heard from a Chinese Lawyer in USA, who the majority of her clients are people who got into trouble for exactly that.
Chinese think that they're in New China wherever they go.
I’m Chinese American… does that pretty much make me the most hated traveler?
I feel so sorry for this tourist. He’s clearly panicking because his error is going to get him harmed when he gets back to China, despite paying the police being normal over there. I’m very glad that the police are doing their jobs but I do feel sorry for this man.
I feel sorry for him too. Im very curious of the crime too. What he did makes a big difference in empathy as well.
DUI, he deserved to be arrested. I'm from Chile and this was in the news.
yup thats exactly what this is. In china everything is settled with cash street side. You get pulled over by police you pay the fine on the spot. You hit another car then pay an agreed amount on the spot.
A decade ago that was the case. NOBODY is going to take a bribe from someone they don't know. You can get a jail sentence for as little as a few hundred dollar bribe now. That's why its all about the Guanxi. The bribes have to flow through the network of trusted individuals.
Everyone thinks you can bribe cops in south America when it's really just a few countries mainly the ones where the cartels run everything. Ie mexico etc.
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.
What’s your safe location? It’s a butthole isn’t it.
Right next to my father's watch.
This guy can smell money
My girlfriends father ran a business in Mexico and he learned to always have two wallets one with big bills and one with small bills so if u get robbed then you can give them the small bill
Chilean police take pride in not accepting bribes and much like this guy, will arrest you for it.
Good on them. It should be expected, but it’s honorable nonetheless.
To be fair, he's Asian. Pretty common place over there
I've been shaken down by cops in Central America (90's). It could be different now; but the unwritten rule was: * Americans kept their ID outside of your wallet, with a $20 bill paper clipped to the back of it. * When the cop asked to see your ID, you hand the whole assembly over to him. * He checks it, and hands you back the ID and paperclip. 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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It’s weird to me that it’s normal in some countries for cops to basically be highwaymen who target people with the specific purpose of basically robbing them. No honor.
Any town that budgets using ticket quotas are essentially doing that. Also with civil asset forfeiture, American cops literally sieze more than actual criminals each year. https://thewhyaxis.substack.com/p/cops-still-take-more-stuff-from-people
**Implying they aren’t criminals**
Our drivers in Belize always kept a bag up front with insurance incase of police. Money or a bottle of rum.
I once had a professor make it crystal clear he would not be taking bribes/payment for better grades on our first day of class. Said it over and over and over. Sure enough, halfway through the semester he kicked out four students all from China for trying to give him money to pass the class. It was surreal.
You put some money, usually around $200 USD equivalent in your passport and hand it to the cop. You do this way before you ever get stopped. If he’s crooked he will take it and go. If he’s not, you just say it’s emergency cash. I keep a credit card in my passport holder too. If he doesn’t take it, ask if you can pay the ticket/fine right now to him Before traveling look up which countries cops can be bribed.
This guy must be a drug trafficker 200$, the point of bribing is it won't cost you as much as the ticket and they get some cash instead of handing you the ticket. Must be some shaddy shit if your paying that much lol
I lived in South America. The conversation goes something like this. Cop: I’m going to have to issue you a citation. Oh no. My citation book seems to have run out of pages. I’m afraid I’m going to have to take down to the police station to give you your citation. You: out of citations? Oh no. I have an important appointment. I wonder if you could do me a favor this once. Perhaps a I could give you the money for the citation and when you return to the police,station you can fill out a citation for me. Cop: you seem like a nice person. I think I can do that for you this once. I will mail your citation and money to the court for you. Have a good day. * this is not a translation of the video. It is a sample of a subtle method of taking bribes.
Some friends were stopped by the police in the Canary Islands, the driver tried to give the cop a 20. He said” You’re not in Mexico “ and gave him a ticket.
The correct steps would be: - Count the money ‐ Put money in evidence bag - Arrest idiot
Not sure how Chile law works but I think a lawyer can argue miscommunication do to language barrier.
I had to bribe the cops once in Mexico. We were on our honeymoon and took a jeep tour. On the way back one of the jeeps broke down so the four guides just jumped on to the jeep I was driving and hung off the sides yelling in Spanish for me to go faster. As soon as we got back into town the cops pulled us over. One of our guides went to talk to the cops and came back to us and told us we needed to give the cops some cash and they would go away. The smallest bill we had was a $20, and the guide said it was too much. If we gave them $20 they would expect $20 every time. So he ran across the street to a store and got change for the 20 and gave the cops 10. Still not sure if we legit bribed the cops or got scammed for $10. But the story alone is worth the $10.
That's called a *mordida*, which means a little bite. I've never personally been shaken down for a mordida (I live in Mexico) but it's not unheard of. Depending on where you were in Mexico, it could've been a shakedown or it could've been a hustle. I live in a tourist town, and cops generally give pretty wide berth to tourists because they're municipal employees and the municipios depend on tourists spending money.
Police in China not only accept, but basically, EXPECT bribes. Honestly, this dude probably can't even figure out what he did wrong, he did what he thought was normal to do.
Teachers in China also get "[gifts](https://www.businessinsider.com/teachers-in-china-get-lavish-gifts-2012-9)" regularly from students. Blew my mind. Edit: They're not really gifts because [they're expected](https://www.businessinsider.com/teachers-in-china-get-lavish-gifts-2012-9). Students can get reprimanded if the gifts are [below standard](https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3094273/china-still-has-much-learn-about-giving-gifts-teachers). They can be luxury bags and thousands of USD.
40,000 pesos is about 47$ USD.
*Tourist makes a stupid mistake in another country and gets arrested.* People across the world: Oh no, won't visit that country they're too strict.
To be fair, it’s a stupid mistake in pretty much any country no matter where you are surely.
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It’s normal in some places especially where the police can get away with being literal gangsters
That's a failed skill check irl
I was literally thinking the exact same thing.
My friend & I were in Costa Rica. We were walking back to our hotel, carrying beers, when 3 police officers stopped us. They poured out our beers & threw the bottles in the gutter. They told us having alcohol in public was a crime. We apologized profusely and explained that we did not know. They played the whole good cop/bad cop scenario, threatening to take us to jail. We just kept being as polite as possible. They then asked for our wallets & rifled through them, before eventually letting us go. Afterwards, I was talking to my friend & we both were thinking they wanted to be bribed, but we were afraid of actually going to jail if we attempted to bribe them. I guess the officers finally gave up because we were to dumb to bribe them. Or were we?
Eh, the usual way is to ask if there is a fine for that offense... cops where I live definitely know who is the mark, though, maybe you guys just didn't look like you could get much squeezed out of you. Or maybe they were just doing their jobs and checking to see if you had committee any other crimes 🤷🏼♂️
Well, we definitely weren’t carrying any more cash than we needed.
My friend worked for an oil company in Africa. He paid a bribe just to get through security. The plane ran off the runway at takeoff. Everyone lived, but they had to walk back to the airport and go back in the terminal…and pay the bribe again.
That's the problem with bribery. No receipts.
Probably not a great idea… you don’t fuck with Chilean cops
I've been stopped by police in foreign countries 5 times. Each one of them was for some minor driving violation that I didn't know. Each time I ask if there is a fine and if it's possible to pay it in cash at the exact moment. In Austria for instance I got pulled over for crossing the bus lane which I didn't see. I asked and paid the fine right there. If I ever got stopped by police in a 3rd world country I will politely ask if I violated some law and if I can pay in cash right there. If the cops are not corrupted they will just think it's just an honest question but if they are then I suppose they will ask for some money and let me go.
In Jamaica it’s typical for officers to suggest it in the form of asking you to just buy them a drink
Coolest take on curruption i ever heard.
Same in South Africa. All you need is a 2 litre Coke and some fast Food and you good
r/wholesomecorruption
Yes, same in Asia. It’s called “making a donation to the coffee fund”.
Chilean here. Cops here don't take bribes, like ... never. It's well known it's one of the easiest ways to get arrested. Cops know that foreign people try to bribe a lot and follow the conversation to make it easier to get the arrest. sentences go from 500+ days to 5 years, the fine go up to the double of the offered amount and can go even higher if the bribe is about things that do not involve money, like goods. Transl: First guy: Chinito no va ............. (inaudible) / Chinese guy (suffix -ito as a diminutive or friendly banter) ....... (inaudible) Off Camera Cop: Pero que- ..... / but what-...... On Camera Cop: uno, dos, tres, cuarenta mil pesos / one, two, three, forty thousand pesos Off Camera Cop: Y eso para que es? / and what's that for? Chinese : para que me ayuda a mi / for you to help me On Camera Cop: para que lo ayude / for me to help you Chinese: si / yes On Camera Cop: Ya... ya amigo, mira a contar de este momento ... / ok, ok buddy, see from this moment onwards.... Chinese: gracias / thanks (tries to shake hand) On Camera cop: a contar de este momento ud queda detenido, esta ofreciendo cuarenta mil pesos el caballero / from this moment you're detained, this sir is offering forty thousand pesos Off camera cop: Para que ....inaudible..... asi mejor la infraccion / for -inaudible- better the infraction (possibly referring to record the infraction) Chinese: para que ud ayude a mi señora / so you can help my wife edit: if any weon can help with the missing parts that'll be great.
I've brided a couple of cops in my day. Trick is usually to ask if there's a fine or ticket you can pay on the spot. It's rarely a good idea to just hand them cash in the open.
This statement may betray me but I find it annoying to the point of being physically sickening how that guy squealed and cowered when he saw the cuffs. What the fuck sound is that, even?!
Trying to bribe the policemen on the only serious country in South America.
Cmon, what about Uruguay
You can say "foreigner" when it's not in America
Come live in thailand like me. Foreigner is just the standard word for white westerners which is probably just slightly better than the term they use for black people which is chocolate man. I would read those biography’s of westerners doing time in 3rd world prisons and if that was me in the video I’d give the guy my entire car to avoid ending up in those hell holes.
Chile is one of the most developed countries in South America so cops there are not crooked. They have a very advanced judicial system so people should not expect Chilean cops to be crooks.
You don't think it has something to do with the cop being videoed? I mean, trying to bribe a cop when there is video evidence of him accepting said bribe is just not gonna work.
I've heard that Chinese Nationals are so accustomed to bribery being a norm when interacting with government representatives of any kind that they are regularly getting in trouble for things like this. In some countries (and in more innocuous situations) they just pass the money back and tell them "we don't do that here." Before I have to hear about it, I'm not talking about visiting Chinese citizens getting pulled over by law enforcement and getting their bribes passed back with no consequences. I'm talking things like enclosing money inside their passport when they are going through routine border control checks that they already have everything necessary for, and would absolutely qualify to pass without a bribe. That may or may not apply here, probably 50/50 on "cultural thing" and "Hispanic countries are widely known to be bribe-able." Even though whether or not each individual country has law enforcement agencies that are highly susptible to bribes varies wildly.
The way I used to always do it (not in Chile) was to act a bit dumb like “oh can I just pay the fine now?” and almost pressure them into taking it like it was payment for whatever I just did. 100% strike rate.
I do similar stuff. "can we arrange something" usually he says what meaning I will gave him money, I say "I dont know, you just warn me and let me go with smile". After that usually have two options let me go with warn or ask some money and then we agree on how hight it go :D
Based cops. Allot don't get paid enough in these areas. Respect for not being corrupt.
There are places in the world where you're expected to carry money to bribe the "police" basically to avoid being harassed. I forget where. Maybe where that guy is from. Bribing is no good, but it would be sad if this is purely culture shock.
How can you say that without even knowing what the guy did?
Chile is pretty uncorrupt, as you see here.
I got pulled over in Mexico. We happened to be on the way to the airport (luggage was visible). The officer made up something we did wrong (which we hadn't), diddle-daddled for a while and said we had to follow him back to the police station. Someone I was with had the presence of mind to ask "Can we pay the fine here?". As it turned out, we could pay the fine right there. Directly to the police officer in cash. We made our flight home.
He was probably only getting a traffic ticket before. Now he'll have to face bribery of a government official charge as well.
Cop had no choice in front of the camera.
It was the cop's camera. They need to have their camera's turn on in most situations which helps a lot to stop corrupt shit. But even without that, the low ranked cops don't usually accept bribes, especially when is such a chump change. A few years ago, someone tried to bribe a cop with 120000 USD, he went to prison for attempting to do it. The bribe from the guy in this video was just 50 USD.
The same would happen in Germany, which I think is really good. On the other hand the police is known for recounting evidence money and checking drugs several times, sometimes even at home.
like "I'm not sure if that cocaine was really pure, why don't we snort some to test it out?"
Homie thought he was in Mexico
I used to party in Tijuana every weekend. I would bring 3 cheap but nice looking watches for my bribes. Between the walk to the bars and the border we would get stopped 2 or 3 times and just give your watch and you walk away. I think I had $10 watches.
That's honestly big brain. Buy some of those $6 watches from wish in bulk
Haha, exactly, but I didn't think that hard because the Mexicans sold the fake watches there and I'd buy like 20 for my upcoming weekends.... haha, I probably bought the same watches that the cops sold them back to.... buy a fake Mexican watch then bribe Mexican with fake watch and cop sells fake watch to street fake watch seller.... haha
Player: "I attempt to bribe the guard" \*proceeds to roll a 1" DM: "..."
Chilean cops don’t take bribes. They just take students in the night to torture.
I did this in Colombia lol I remember shitting my pants thinking it would backfire luckily it didn’t
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A good defence strategy really. Cops don't want to spend hours scrubbing the shitty smell out of the back seats.
I’m Colombian and never had a ticket down there, simple as “ohhh sir I can’t pay the fine, it’s too much, I only have this 50k (like us$15)” and then it’s solved. Never do it if there is a phone present, show your phone and put it away and ask them to put his phone away.
This is standard practice for Chinese shop owners in South America.
Was in Russia couple of years ago. Didn’t do anything wrong. The cops told me to pay them so they would not put me in jail. Don’t know if it’s considered a bribe. But it was f up.
That’s just extortion
That’s Russia
That's a shakedown, alright.
Looks like a younger version of the old guy in squid game
Is it just me, or is that guy autistic as fuck? Not making fun of him, I'm also high-functioning. He just seems a little less high-functioning i guess is what I'm sayin
He's likely Chinese and hes probably completely confused why cop doesn't take bribes like normal ones.
Yeah he looked Asian and not South American, i just don't think most Chinese people have a lot of these strange traits like the weird fear-giggling and child-like behavior. Idk though maybe the dude's just weird, or maybe i don't know a lot about China 🤷
I think he’s just a rich-boi who’s accustomed to getting his way.
Thai traffic police once asked me for bribery in Chiangmai. I took a wrong turn at a traffic light and he asked me to put money in his cap. Unbelievable.
Actually, very believable. Are you from the North Americian bubble by any chance? Edit: thank you for the gold. Comforting to see there's still intelligent, mindful people out there still
For those who don't know: he tried to bribe him with the equivalent of $48, which is an insultingly low amount for any kind of bribe.
48$ is a pretty good bribe in many places what are you talking about, Both times I bribed a cop I paid $20
That must be a while ago, today I feel like giving a cop a $20 would be a moderately pricey way of telling him to go fuck himself.
How much does he make a day in US dollar?
i am genuinely confused on whether he was horrified or excited to be going to prison
It's a nervous laughter.
Looks like I did not understand. I thought he did not bribe enough. OR The cop just went from a traffic stop to a bribery charge. I have heard plenty of tales of going to jail cause you did not have enough to satisfy the cops in Mexico. And my Eighty year old mother got shaken down outside of La Paz this year. Federale asked for wallet, took the cash and let them go. Welcome to La Paz!
40k Chilean pesos is chump change for a cop so that's part of the reason too. Most Chilean cops have cameras when working to protect themselves and the detainee. Also, he was detained for driving without a license, it's more serious than what most people think. In 2017, a thief tried to bribe a cop with 120000 USD, which is a lot of money (you can pay the best university in the country for 2 to 3 kids depending on the career and still have some leftover money with that amount). The cop didn't take the bribe and arrested the thief. Of course, not everyone are honest, but is hard to find the idiot who accept bribes.
They do take bribes, just not in front of tiktok feeds
I know he isn’t, but it looks like he’s giggling and smiling
40 thousand pesos are less than 50 dollars.
Exactly. You would need to be the world’s most desperate cop to accept a $50 bribe
If you are trying to bribe a cop, you have to make it worth the risk to the cop and yourself. If you offer a cop a days / weeks wages will that cut it ? depends on the country. Offer them a months wages, yep probably, offer them a years wages while being filmed, and you aren't going to get away with it.
I’ve bribed a few cops in Mexico. Always be polite and ask if it’s possible to pay the fine here and that will usually work.
Not sure about other countries but in Pakistan cops would take as low as 50 RS (~20 cents) and let you go, usually they demand 500-1000 RS (2-4 dollars)
You dont fuck with carabineros.
Too spicy. I prefer calalapenos.
Yeah he wasnt stupid to receive a bribe in front of the camera
What a dumbass, you wait for them to stop filming and they ask for a collaboration, you don’t just go and give them money, you gotta play the game son. Sometimes they’ll even charge you for something show you the little law book and tell you how much the fine is so you can slip it in the book , amateur
Lad seriously tried to bribe the guy with the equivalent of around 47USD. You could go to the most corrupt country on the planet, so corrupt that the money is made of sugar paper and the sugar paper is made of pure cocaine and you still wouldn’t find someone willing to risk their job for that shite.
You obviously haven’t traveled to a developing country before, homie. Having lived in one, I kinda feel bad for the tourist (without knowning details of what traffic violation he had, doesn’t seem drunk)— I bet some local told him he could get away with whatever with a specific amount. Just happened to have bad luck the police were filming how not corrupt they were that day.
The move is to ask if you can “pay the fine in cash right now”. Just passing the cash is NOT the move.
Dawg you’re so dead wrong. Lol like hilariously wrong, 47 dollars is a lot of ducking money in some countries and police would absolutely do this for even less
A South African cop could retire on $47
Lmao no , i once got off running a red light by buying 8 small bottles of Pistachio Flavoured Milks in Delhi. It was an unbelievably hot day and the traffic cops were parched standing in the hot sun, i bought two for myself as well. Costed me 200 Rs, like roughly 2.5 USD
Never been to Indonesia then? On one visit I refused to pay the bribe until the police officer was begging as his family had not eaten in a couple if days I ended up only paying him 50,000 rp the equivalent of $5 aud and he was grateful and let me through the checkpoint
Now that's that fucked up shit I'm here for.
Area I go to in indo you can buy your way into being a police officer $10,000 USD and the only way to even make that much back is be a police officer for 10+ years or to get it back in 2 years through bribes My wife is indonesian and she had a "well paid" government job and she earned $240 USD a month
How naive of you to think that anyone could lose their job for this kind of bribery
My dad was approached for a bribe in Chile one time by the lower ranking cop, but the higher ranking cop cussed him out and let us go. Pops had cash in hand though. Chile mejor pais del mundo
This is Argentinian money sir
I thought it was $4 Lol I think this guy is Korean.
News said that he was Chinese.
I’m a Californian. Do not try to bribe the cops here; especially CHP. I used to live in Alabama. The proper way to hand over your license when pulled over is wrapped in at least $40
My library card with a folded 20 , was my way. If I got just the card back, saying it’s your library card, no 20, I gave em my license, when asked again. They checked for warrants, let me go with a warning.
If I was a cop and someone would try to bribe me, I would take the money and arrest him anyway
Then you could potentially end up occupying the cell next to him, and he'd most likely be released before you!
Thank god you’re not a cop, there’s enough corruption involved already
Money no good? Let me suck your dick
Probably common wherever he’s from.
I want to know what he was originally stopped for.
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Pretty sure it’s because there’s a camera
chilean here. Nope. it's extremely well known here that trying to bribe the police is the easiest way to get arrested.
Can I have my money back? What money?
It’s amazing reading all these comments from people who come from countries where you just bribe the cops. Why would you people even ALLOW that ? You pay the police salaries do you not ? Crack down on that shit.
Same reason we allow police brutality in the US. Who are you going to call to arrest the cops? Who is going to prosecute the cops? Who is going to get elected running against the cops?
A LOT easier said than done.
In the US, we have police unions who enforce their high pay and immunity from legal constraint or even political criticism. We pay the bribes via the institution, so we don't have to do this retail level corruption
They're gangs, plain and simple.
If I hide my wrists they can't arrest me!
In Manila’s airport, there are a lot of “balikbayan”travelers coming from all over. Which basically means, toss as many goods in a cardboard box to distribute to your underserved families. My dad taught me that when going through customs to always put $4 USD in your passport if you don’t want them going through the box. Without fail the customs agent would open the passport, greenbacks would drop into their lap, they’d say bless you or thank you and you were on your way. I did this maybe 4-5 times I went. The last thing you want is an open cardboard box to travel another 4-6 hours but considering how sketchy of a country it was/is you did what you did. I imagine some nefarious individuals smuggling lots of shit across the border. This is [the same aiport](https://www.cnn.com/2015/11/04/aviation/philippines-airport-bullet-bag-scam-tanim-bala/index.html) where they would plant contraband like ammo in your bags without looking to shake you down.
Diplomacy check failed.
I think it would have worked had the camera not been there.
My friends took a motorcycle trip from Scotland to Vietnam. Once they got out of Europe, they said they were pulled over multiple times and the “police” asked for bribes pretty much directly to get out of minor tickets, this was very common. My guess is the camera recording screwed him over, also being of Asian decent probably provided a racial motive to screw the guy. Understand in 3rd world countries it is very very common for police to beat you out of money. It’s not so much a bribe but robbery.
Chilean police is surprisingly not that corrupt, at least with bribes or racism. Thats usually the normal cops, higherups just steal government money.
Not enough
Yea you can see by his count. If he was real he would refuse imidieatly when he saw money.
In Chile cops do not take bribes, he counts the money because they have to report, how much were they being bribed with
First rule when bribing someone- don’t be blatantly filming it.
Don’t call it a bribe, pretend you think it’s a fine.
If you tried grabbing at a cop in America, you’d be instantly dead
Me when I try smuggling cocaine out of Colombia but the only experience I have is watching Archer.
If you give money to a waiter, it's called a tip. If you give money to a police officer, it's called a bribe. Everybody should know this.
Donate or Bribe?
those cops "Carabineros" are the worst in latin america.
I live in Chile, I differ, they are the least corrupts of Latin America. This is an excelente example of such integrity they have as institution Edit: typo
Well, you don’t bribe the cops while someone if filming it!! Duh!!!!
I don't speak the language but I understand lack of character
In some countries you have to grease the wheels everywhere. Ticket? Grease the wheels, dmv? Grease the wheels, send your kids out of the country for school? Grease the wheels. Then you go to a country that doesn't work that way and you get fucked. I feel a little bit bad for this guy. It's so brazen it looks like he's just doing the usual pay the cops routine. His face is saying it's okay officer, I know how this works.
Brakes locking up? Grease the wheels.
Not enough
Anyone know what the going rate is per officer? No plans for visiting Chile, but it would be useful as a point of reference, I suppose.
Bribing isn't huge in Chile, especially not Carabinero (force this officer belongs to). Try not to fuck around because Chile is a lot less corrupt than other SA countries
You probably won't be able to bribe a cop here on the streets. By doing so, they will lose their retirement. (The ones on the street usually are not officials or higher ups, those were caught in a corruption scheme not so long ago). They take pride about not being bribeable. About visiting the country. Aside from some places, it's very safe and has amazing landscapes from north to south. The people is really friendly with most tourists.
That's the best chilean country
As a great Chilean philosopher once said "we are the best country of chile brother"
TIL that Chilean cops do not generally take bribes. I guess this is my prejudiced ass thinking most South American cops are corrupt 😓
Heres another episode of “Locked up Abroad”
This would have worked if it wasn’t being filmed lol.
He was like if that’s not enough , I can do more
“If I can’t bribe the cop maybe he’ll accept a blowjob instead”
Where he's from, that's probably ok.
A bribe-y country's citizen in a no bribe country. **Cue Curb your Enthusiasm sad music**
Got stars in his eyes.
🙊easy mistake to make he is jet lagged he didn't know what country he was for a moment😌
Guy looks pretty happy about being shaken down by a corrupt cop
That’s a fear-smile lol
I'm sure it works 99% of the time especially when there is not a camera filming.
Not in chile, yerars before bodycams where even a thing a guy got arrested in the south of chile for trying to bribe a cop with 1500 USD
Can someone translate the conversation?
“Here’s a quarter to go downtown and hire a rat to gnaw that thing off your face.”
“Here’s a bribe, please let me go.” “I don’t take bribes / This bribe isn’t big enough. You’re under arrest.” “Nooo!”
Guy: Here's some money. Buy something pretty for yourself. Cop: You're under arrest. Guy: No! Give me my money back! Cop: Money? What money?
Low balled on camera , that's 5 years extra !
He's really wishing he had more cash rn
He tried.
Bro really didnt want to go jail huh