1.   They issued passports to people who gave them bribes.

2.   Chirac has refused to cooperate with investigators and has denied that he personally knew those who are known to have taken or given bribes.

3.   He is one of a group of high-level Korean executives indicted last year on charges of giving bribes to former President Roh Tae Woo in exchange for lucrative contracts.

4.   Seven captains of Korean business were indicted this week for giving bribes, and many more are under scrutiny.

5.   Under a plea bargain in March, Fenton pleaded no contest to giving a bribe to a ministerial officer.

6.   A Chinese court sentenced an American electrical engineer on Thursday to five years in prison for obtaining state secrets and giving bribes, the U.S. Embassy said.

7.   A major South Korean newspaper, JoongAng Ilbo, reported that Kim was questioned by Pyongyang officials about whether he had given bribes to North Korean officials.

8.   A videotape was made showing a drug trafficker giving a bribe to one member of the assembly.

9.   American electrical engineer sentenced to five years imprisonment for obtaining state secrets and giving bribes, U.S. Embassy says.

10.   But many of the businessmen found to have given bribes to government officials have usually been let off after paying fines, and most have not served jail terms.