JoyNews goes undercover to expose customs officials who take bribes to allow traders to transport smuggled goods from neighbouring countries to the country's local markets.
In Porous Borders, JoyNews found that unscrupulous business operators and smugglers want to escape paying the right duties and penalties on their goods that’s why they don’t use approved border posts.
Many of the goods sold along border communities were illegally brought from either Togo or Ivory Coast.
Customs officials at Sogakope and Elubo-Takoradi checkpoints take bribes ranging from GH¢20 to GH¢200.
Many traders particularly women admitted that the bribery was taking a toll on their profits, but, because of the high cost of duty, they were forced to submit to the illegal transaction.
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