I am grateful to many people for help, both direct and indirect, during the evolution of this book. I could not possibly name everyone who has contributed to my understanding of the subject, but I would particularly like to thank all my friends and colleagues at FRA. Their work helped extend my involvement in this fascinating field, and motivated me to write this book. Their own research, comments and questions have enlightened, supported and encouraged me. Particular thanks are also due to several corporate clients who, for obvious reasons, do not want their involvement with a bribery specialist to be made public. In addition I would like to thank all those regularly writing about bribery and corruption who have shared their ideas over the years. I would be remiss if I did not mention at least Carolyn Lindsey and the rest of the team at Trace International who put together the Trace Compendium of cases (https://secure.traceinternational.org/Knowledge/ Compendium.html); Mary Jacoby (http://www.mainjustice .com/justanticorruption); Richard Cassin (http://www.fcpablog .com); Mike Koehler (http://www.fcpaprofessor.com); Barry Vitou (www.thebriberyact.com); Howard Sklar (http://openairblog.wordpress.com) and Tom Fox (http://tfoxlaw.wordpress.com).