How Corruption is Cooking the Books and Killing Fair Play in Mexico City Eateries

Mexico City restaurant corruption: Hundreds bribe officials ("moches") monthly to skip rules, creating unfairness and eroding trust. This widespread payoff system harms honest businesses and demands strict controls and accountability.

How Corruption is Cooking the Books and Killing Fair Play in Mexico City Eateries
Dinner is served... along with a side of systematic bribery? Looks like "moches" are the least popular item on Mexico City's menu.

Forget the secret ingredient – the real recipe for success for hundreds of Mexico City restaurants is cold, hard cash slipped under the table to crooked officials!

In the bustling heart of Mexico's capital, a dirty secret is hiding in plain sight, one many would rather ignore: a rampant system of bribery where restaurant owners are shelling out fat stacks to dodge pesky regulations and keep the doors open. We're talking about "moches," the slang for those greasy payoffs that have become disgustingly common.