on 2/3/06 4:49 PM, bbrigante at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> That too. Billy Clayton and Shannon Dickson flew to Madrid with a > briefcase >> full of money which they handed over to some officials to get him > out. I >> don't know why the officials didn't just take the money Leon was > trying to >> smuggle. Maybe it was insufficient. >> > > > Well, maybe insufficeint, but pocketing the original money would > have been a problem for the bribe-happy Spanish officials, because > there was a paper trail on the money they confiscated from Leon > generated by the fact that they arrested him, and it would have > either had to go on to trial or they would have had to return the > money to Leon. By bringing in a new suitcase of money for the bribe, > the officials just put the new loot in their pockets without issuing > a receipt and then got a receipt from Leon or whoever when they > returned the old money after dropping the charges "in the interest > of justice" after a "thorough investigation."
Sounds like an accurate assessment of the situation. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
