>for the right price (a couple of hundred thousand, last I heard), will get you a diplomatic passport from a dodgy country
I don't buy this. Sure you'll be able to buy a passport, but a diplomatic one - I doubt it. And if by some miracle you do pull it off then the country issuing the passport will be so dodgy that nobody recognizes it anyway.
Actually it's quite possible. some (all that I know of actually) African countries issue diplomatic passport not only to foreigners acting on behalf of government but those who work for multinationals so if someone can get you signed up as an 'employee' of a multinational, getting a diplomatic passport gets easy from there
I don't buy this. Sure you'll be able to buy a passport, but a diplomatic one - I doubt it. And if by some miracle you do pull it off then the country issuing the passport will be so dodgy that nobody recognizes it anyway.