| The briber would rather pay the money than have the information revealed. |
| The World Bank in 1997 said that where corruption is predictable that is, where the briber knows what he has to pay and can be sure of getting what he pays for it harms investment less than where it is capricious. |
| Perhaps you would be willing to give me the name of this briber, Mr. Hatch? |
| I have been offered bribes in the past, which had hilarious consequences for the briber. |
| And when the briber is a foreign agent as he usually is it can be desperately hard to pin the responsibility on him. Some say the law merely encourages American firms to bribe more cleverly. |
| In addition, the definition of bribery has been further refined to ensure that both sides are equally held to account: the bribe taker as much as the briber. |
