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At least $300m (£200m) is paid in bribes at checkpoints in Ivory Coast each year, a business leader tells BBC Online. Chamber of Commerce President Jean-Louis Billon said he blamed “mafias” operating within both the army and the former rebel New Forces, who still control northern Ivory Coast, for the extortion racket.
The Ivory Coast collapsed into civil war in 2002. Its people used to enjoy the highest living standards in West Africa.
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