bribery is the crime of giving or receiving something of value to influence official action . both the person giving and receiving the bribe are guitly of bribery .
bribery is illegal for two reasons firstly it usually involves a public officials to makes unfair desicion that affect citizenes bribery is a very old crime . there is evidence of bribery dating back more than 4.000 years . usually a person who bribes a public official is paying to get special tretment can come in many forms . for example a company meight bribe an official to win government contract.
no one knows how often people commit bribery but many experts believe that most people who bribe officials are never caught . bribery is most common in some countries or parts of countries than in others . many countries have made it illegal to bribe officials froms other countries .