For trafficker or criminal aiming to bypass the law, the chance to bribe an official is an opportunity but the ordinary citizens trying to access public services they are entitled to, being expected to bribe an official is inconvenient and unacceptable. Corruption and bribery are not just an economic cost to states and individuals they also undermine people’s safety and security. Why is corruption so rampant in developing countries despite the new reforms by the governments to fight the vice ?

