Iraqi restaurateurs pay bribes to dodge virus curfew ...Middle East

BAGHDAD: It’s well past the coronavirus curfew, but Seif and his waiters are still serving customers at his Baghdad restaurant, thanks to security forces they have paid to turn a blind eye.After Covid-19 restrictions hammered his business last year, Seif said he decided to do what many of his neighbours in the capital’s central Karrada district were doing.Despite the nightly 9:00 pm to 5:00 am curfew, various security forces deployed in the area solicited bribes in exchange for allowing establishments to stay open, he said.Like others AFP interviewed, Seif declined to provide his full name or the name of his restaurant for fear of reprisal.“Each week, I have to give them 500,000 dinars (arou

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