No, the key to bribery is that once someone accepts money, you have two hooks in them: 1., They are willing to sell you intel for money. 2., You can now black

No, the key to bribery is that once someone accepts money, you have two hooks in them: 1., They are willing to sell you intel for money. 2., You can now blackmail them as they accepted a bribe. Point 2 is the reason you should never accept bribes when doing business, especially abroad and everyone tells you "it's normal". they're just waiting for a foreigner to get exposed, take your passport and have fun with you. see Russia, etc. No need to be Macchiavelli.