Geronimo is an Italian unversity student in Italy.

In 2016 he left for a three-months internship at an NGO (Non-Governmental Organizations), Geronimo had planned to use the knowledge gathered during the visit through interviews to the local population, as part of research work for his final Master’s thesis.

The NGO was based in a country where corruption is endemic and represents a structural problem.

There are countries, in fact, where corruption can be considered almost as a "cultural trait", and where demands for bribes are considered part of daily life.

In this case, we will discuss the case of a student who has experienced what does it truly mean to face public offices well acquainted to exploit their formal authority for personal gain.

We will refer to two different types of episodes.