Gay plan to bribe police, goes to jail

Twenty-something Samuel Gay, crashed his car into a drain after his drinking session. The police constable came to investigate and ask Mr. Gay to do the breathalyser test. When Gay failed the test, he took out a stack of $50 notes. He then held out a couple of them to the investigating policeman and asked the officers: 'Can you settle this matter like the Malaysian police?' Despite repeated warnings from the Policeman to put his money away, Gay kept up his offer of the bribe, and even tried to shove the bill into Policeman's hand, asking him to 'settle this'. It is at that moment, the policeman decieded to placed him under arrest. During the trial, the judge pass his sentence - For drink driving, Gay was fined $3,700. But for the act of attempted bribing, Gay was thrown behind bars for three months. Ouch!

To grease or Not to grease

One recent study has shown that bribes account for 8% of the total cost of running a business in Uganda. Another found that corruption boosted the price of hospital supplies in Buenos Aires by 15%.

Though most of the world is plagued by corruption, even serial offenders try to conceal it. Nigerian policemen are known to ask for “a little something for the weekend”. "Kopi Duit" means "Coffee Money" or term use for asking or taking bribes in Malaysia. Mexican traffic police will suggest that you buy them a refresco, a soft drink. A bribe to a border guard may be folded into a passport. A sweetener to a Thailand's traffic cop is often placed in the ticket-book that is handed to the driver. In Nigeria, one of the world´s most corrupt country, journalists are given hundreds of dollars in brown envelopes “for expenses” simply to attend press conferences.

But in Singapore, attempting to grease a palm can get either party to jail for up to 5 years and fine up to $10,000. So think before you act!