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E into the confidence of the illegal - entrepreneurs unless he has something’ of value to offer them. Law enforcement tactics such as this can hardly be ; said to violate “fundamental fairness" . . or "shocking to the universal sense of justice," ; US v. Russéll, 411 US at 432 (citation omitted). . Although discovered and prosecuted less frequently. . than drug trafficking, political corruption through bribery is regrettably found among public officials, not only in this country but abroad. While this court is not prepared “—to characterize the bribery of public officials as "a continu- ‘ing, though illegal, business. enterprise", clearly it is not simply a "sporadic, isolated criminal incident". Like drug offenses, bribery is difficult to detect. Both are "yictimless crimes" in the sense that no one with knowledge | : of the usual transactions has a motive to report the illegali- ty to law enforcement officials: Moreover, with bribery, nothing more is required than the quick passing of money in. return for a promise of performance by the public official of an act that appears to be an appropriate part of his public duties. With drug deals, at least one part of the transaction is clearly illegal -- the contraband. With bribery, both parts of - the transaction are apparently legitimate: (1) money and (2) actions by public officials. Detecting bribery, there-