I was sitting in a restaurant in Kharkiv, Ukraine, chatting to the owner. He was trying to decide which country to move to. His restaurant was doing well, he said. In fact, that was the problem. Increasingly, local officials were coming round demanding payoffs. Several Ukrainian business people told me that these shakedowns were becoming more common. If you didn't pay, the officials suddenly began to inspect your tax payments, or your sanitation. No wonder someone here has set up an Italian-Japanese restaurant chain called Mafia.
我坐在乌克兰哈尔科夫市(Kharkiv)的一家餐馆与店主聊天。他正在考虑移民到哪个国家。他的餐馆生意很好，实际上，这也正是问题所在。当地官员上门索要回扣的频率越来越高。几个乌克兰商人告诉我，这些勒索正变得司空见惯。如果你不支付回扣，官员们就会突然严查你的纳税或卫生状况。难怪这里有人创办了一家叫做“黑手党”(Mafia)的意大利-日本连锁餐厅。
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