Complaint

Complaint number
NTB-000-399  
NTB Type
7.3. Corruption  
Complaint
Lake harvest company was refused to export fish using kariba bridge on this particular date yet they were allowed to do so ,the man who was on interpol this day wanted some money from this company as bribe ,after refusal he denied to stamp the gate pass, this led to the fish to be bad and it was 4tonnes,all that fish perished as they took long in negitiating  
Status note
At the 9th meeting of the SADC Sub-committee on trade facilitation, Zimbabwe reported that complaints relating to bribery should be reported immediately to the officer in charge for traceability and immediate action besides the online system for transparency. This could have been a once off incidence  
Progress update note
This issue was discussed by the National Monitoring Committee at their workshop held on 21 July in Harare which noted that such incidences do occur and proposed that the concerned authorities, namely Police Department and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce take up the matter for investigation with a view to putting in place systems for detterement of such practices in future.  
Policy or regulatory NTB
No 
Location
Zimbabwe: kariba border post (Government institution)  
Reporting Country or Region
Zimbabwe  
Country specific trade issue
No  
Date of incident
2011-02-21  
Status
Resolved  
Date of resolution
2012-03-28  
Product Description
fresh fish ,frozen


 
Total value
0  
Date reported
2011-02-25 15:20  
Modified
2012-03-28 07:17  

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