Customs escort in Mali, anyone?
Last weekend we entered Mali from Mauritania, at Nioro du Sahel. In addition to the compulsory military escort until Bamako, we were forced to take a customs escort (so-called Carnet T1) from Bamako all the way out of the country (to Burkina). The information was not given at the border, but only when we arrived in Bamako. There the military escort refused to give back our car papers, instead gave them to a new escort without uniform. We were two German registered cars, and one French (meeting at the border by coincidence). We suspect this is a scam by the Nioro customs chief. Anyone else with this bad experience?
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