I'm not familiar with Zambia, but in other countries I've seen real officials use their real positions to extort "fees" to "cover the expense" of services they are supposed to provide for free. Meaning this scammer may be a real army recruiter, milking his power for monetary gain.
He may even be required to pay similar bribes all the way up the ladder to maintain his position. Traffic cops, for example, can have a required quota to kick back to their sergeants, and so on and so forth, all the way up to the national chief of police.
Clearly corruption, but at least that's a form of fee-based unofficial direct taxation, as opposed to politicians selling out their electorate for corporate campaign donations like they do in the US...
I'm not familiar with Zambia, but in other countries I've seen real officials use their real positions to extort "fees" to "cover the expense" of services they are supposed to provide for free. Meaning this scammer may be a real army recruiter, milking his power for monetary gain.
He may even be required to pay similar bribes all the way up the ladder to maintain his position. Traffic cops, for example, can have a required quota to kick back to their sergeants, and so on and so forth, all the way up to the national chief of police.
Clearly corruption, but at least that's a form of fee-based unofficial direct taxation, as opposed to politicians selling out their electorate for corporate campaign donations like they do in the US...
Colton/ Does the scammer go unpunished?