31.   Earlier this year, several members of the ruling party were jailed for accepting bribes from the bankrupt Hanbo Group.

32.   Estrada has denied accepting any bribes from gambling rackets.

33.   Figures like former Socialist Prime Minister Bettino Craxi, now a fugitive from justice in Tunisia, were accused to accepting huge bribes for political favors.

34.   For guards, accepting a bribe can be both an administrative and criminal offense.

35.   Former South Korean Defense Minister Lee Yang Ho was sentenced to four years in prison for accepting bribes.

36.   He also is accused of accepting a bribe for removing a fellow legislator from a state regulatory board.

37.   He paid bribes, according to the Nevada Athletic Commission, to a man a federal jury said accepted no bribes.

38.   He was convinced that switchboard operators were accepting bribes to steer calls for undertakers to his competitors, so he wanted a way for calls to bypass the operators.

39.   He was sentenced to seven years in prison for accepting bribes from a drug trafficker.

40.   However, President Clinton could be charged with accepting a bribe if he granted a pardon in order for his brother to be rewarded.