Go into this with eyes wide open.
Not all countries may be as "understanding" as USA.
For example, see full article and additional links at link below.
Thailand: Anti-Corruption Law Penalties Extended to Foreigners
(Aug. 7, 2015) Amendments to Thailand’s Anti-Corruption Act took effect on July 9, 2015, upon their publication in the Royal Gazette.
The amended Act imposes harsher penalties on state officials and extends the maximum penalty, capital punishment, to foreigners found guilty of corruption. (New Anti-Corruption Law in Thailand Extends Death Penalty to Foreigners, GUARDIAN (July 15, 2015, last modified Aug. 3, 2015); text of the Act in Thai (July 9, 2015), ROYAL THAI GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.)
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http://www.loc.gov/law/foreign-news/...to-foreigners/