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"If the oil weighs over 10 liters, you have to leave a coffee"/ Corruption on the Albanian-Greek border

2025-07-06 19:07:00, Denoncim CNA

"If the oil weighs over 10 liters, you have to leave a coffee"/

Several conversations uncovered by the Greek media, following the arrest of 14 customs officers arrested in Mavromat (Qafë-Botë) for bribery, reveal numerous cases of corruption.

In the conversations, it is understood that the imposition of fines is being avoided in order for employees to benefit from various amounts of money.

Conversation between an old employee and a new employee:

Senior employee, AY: … and later you will be inside too… I think Mr. K. told you…

New employee, NY: Yes, yes, he told me.

AY: Slowly, slowly, whatever bribe.

NY: Yes, yes, he explained it to me.

AY: … that's why the shift is always double or triple, so that it's a group decision, so that we don't find ourselves exposed.

In another conversation, customs officers avoid imposing fines in order to profit from various sums:

Employee: Hello, who are you? (meaning which vehicle)

Citizen: I am Peugeot.

CY: Okay, do you have anything in there?

Citizen: None of…. A little cheese, a little greens, a little….

CY: Do you have any oil?

Citizen: Oh yes....

CY: How much?

Citizen: Ten liters.

CY: Ten or twenty? If I come and you have more than ten, what are we going to do?

Citizen: … How much did it weigh…

CY: I asked you yes, I know it's forbidden. I asked you how many liters it is, tell me ten and I'll tell you if I come to the car and find eleven what will happen and you tell me I didn't weigh it.

Employee: What's wrong?

CY: How much do you have, I ask you… And you have oil, and you have cheese, and you have meat.

A. Y: Did you see the car?

CY: … no, I'm still negotiating what it is.

AY: Bring it so I can see it… we'll discuss the rest.

C. Y: Open it a little so my colleague can see it.

AY: Come on, sir, are you here? Leave a coffee and go, leave a coffee and go.

Citizen: Should I leave?
AY: Leave us a coffee and let's go… okay, he said, ten liters, and you have thirty in there? Come in, come in. Don't let him see you… leave us a coffee and let's go.

CY: How much did he have?

AY: There were thirty liters of oil.

CY: I was sure there weren't ten, so I said if I go outside and find eleven, what will happen? Tell me how many you have before I come, I said.

AY: You said ten liters and there were thirty inside… Haha… Was the scale that wrong?

In another conversation, two employees are dividing between them and talking about an amount of about 250 euros that they received.

Employee: Don't complain at all, today was a very good day.

Employee: Well done, S…

Employee: They're from, well, we were a little bit, weren't we?

Employee: Of course.

Employee: Twelve and a half.

Employee: Hello again.