--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 2/2/06 3:38 PM, bbrigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > There are probably few countries that impose legitimate fees or > > taxes on moving money -- it's more likely that it was done to avoid > > paying bribes to customs officials when they saw a large amount of > > currency there for dipping into. When you leave/enter the USA, you > > need to declare whether you have more than $10K in cash/etc., or you > > could be heavily fined, but there is just about zero possibility of > > a USA customs official asking for a bribe, unlike many countries > > around the world where this is SOP: > > > > http://www.customs.ustreas.gov/xp/cgov/travel/vacation/kbyg/money.xml > > So moving money from Spain to Switzerland, which Leon Weiner was arrested > for doing, would have involved paying a bribe to some officials? >
My recollection is that it eventually DID result in paying bribes. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
