The Azerbaijani Customs extort money from tourists

Baku / 30.01.18 / Turan: Long-term state struggle against bribery in its own state bodies does not have an effect, and extortion even grows. Civil servants do not hesitate to openly demand bribes from their citizens and foreigners.Russian auto-tourists encountered extortion, traveling to Georgia through a customs station on the Azerbaijani side. Two customs officers, who saw Georgian money in the car of the Russian tourist, asked to share with them, without explaining the reason for their begging.The Russian tourist in this video tells about what happened at the Azerbaijani customs checkpoint starting from 11 minute. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89XWj1run3c.

The video blogger and businessman, Nikolai Filippov, writes in the annotation to the video report: "Azerbaijani customs officers do not hesitate and directly demand a tip, referring to the external high cost of our cars." But the Georgian customs officers as always are very friendly and without a hint of corruption."The video was posted on January 21, 2018. The tourist was in Azerbaijan and passed through the customs check on May 16, 2017, at 22:55. -0-