> Nonetheless it is illegal for a US company to bribe people abroad IANAL but this is only partially true from what I understand. It's legal if the bribe is "

> Nonetheless it is illegal for a US company to bribe people abroad IANAL but this is only partially true from what I understand. It's legal if the bribe is "grease money". (Grease money is paying a public official to do their job properly and promptly, while regular bribery is paying a public official to do something they shouldn't. But the distinction between the two seems subjective or ambiguous in many possible scenarios.)