The court distinguished between a bribe, which it defined as intrinsically immoral for both the offeror and the receiver, and a ransom, which involves immorality only on the part of the blackmailer.

When a party to judicial proceedings offers a bribe to a judge or other court official, and the bribe is accepted, that party automatically acquires a privileged status in relation to other parties who have not offered, or are not in a position to offer, a bribe or inducement.

Variations exist as to the attempt, promise, giving, solicitation or acceptance of a bribe (active and passive bribery).

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(2) The same punishment shall be applied with respect to anyone who gives such a bribe or serves as a middleman in giving and receiving the bribe.

The greedy or the corrupters?

Addressing the problem of corruption requires targeting both payer and recipient.

Although GRULAC had adopted the Inter American Convention against Corruption in 1996, no instrument would suffice without a collective international effort to condemn both the corrupter and the corrupted.

Action against corruption and bribery

At a minimum, Western governments and corporations should not be complicit. Every bribe that is taken has a payer, and too often the bribe payer is a corporation from an advanced industrial country or someone acting on its behalf.

Maybe I won't have to. A bribe has worked before.

Who did you think it was?

Many of them didn't want to bribe.

Like that payoff list they talk about.

The payoff list was in his things.

In Germany, foreign bribery was allowed.

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Attempted bribe, resisting an officer, concealed weapon.

Further to the recommendation concerning the inclusion of corruption and bribery among the predicate offences foreseen by legislation against money laundering, criminal legislation should be strengthened by making the laundering of proceeds from corruption and bribery a criminal offence.

Most directly, it diverts resources to the rich people, who can afford to pay bribes and away from the poor people, who cannot.

Bribery of foreign public officials and officials of public international organizations

You couldn't get it. You had to bribe.

Tell me, Miss Goodthighs, how much did you tip the porter to let you in here?

The adoption of the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions in 1997 criminalized the bribery of foreign officials, with the intent to reduce bribery by multinational companies of public officials in developing countries.

Contrary to his allegations, the Government does not turn a blind eye to the phenomena of bribery and corruption.

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Promotion and maintenance of the rule of law action against corruption and bribery

Attempted bribery.

Bribing me again?

In connection with the discussion of the scope of the convention, some delegations felt that the convention should somehow address the issue of corruption and bribery.

37 to 40) and the fight against corruption.

If the officer is honest, you get a huge penalty of being arrested for bribery.

(m) Elaboration of manuals on the investigation and prosecution of corruption and bribery.

What about the payoff list?

5,000 a week bribery

That's bribery.

Making it a criminal offence to bribe or corrupt foreign public officials

This offence is not a new concept, and involves little more than the extension of domestic bribery laws to cover bribery committed in a foreign country.

If the law upon which a prosecution of active corruption is based requires that the bribe should involve a breach of the official s legal duty, it will be necessary to refer to the law of the State of the recipient.

A lawyer, take bribes.

I don't fix.

OK, I'm bribed.

Trying to bribe an officer, eh?

quot 9. To take appropriate action to enhance cooperation to facilitate access to documents and records about transactions and about identities of persons engaged in bribery in international commercial transactions

And so there are still a lot of people who are not convinced that you have to stop bribing.