It must become simple for a bribery captured in evidence to be prosecuted. This is anarchy otherwise.
All they do is - keep silence. If you understand the cues and pay up yourself, your work will be done otherwise you can keep waiting forever.
Of course it’s illegal.
There is now plausible deniability because the agents look like they are actually providing a valuable service.
Just be sure to bribe the police, the judge etc.