In the crime of embezzlement, it is reasonable to make a notable distinction between the embezzlement of public money for profit—for example, commissions received by a politician for the award or performance of a public job—and the unrequited diversion of public resources. benefits the author. But having said that, the reality shows that in our Western democracies the diversion of resources is often done under the pretext of feeding political parties, always greedy for money to create patronage and eager to seduce new leads through publicity and propaganda. The feature that the vast majority of “middlemen” are also rich along the way. The “Bárcenas case” is paradigmatic: the generous person handed over bags of money to PP, but the treasurer put his hand in the box. After all, who robs the thief…
