Nonetheless, on August 10th of<\/sup> 2019 a court in Panama declared Martinelli not guilty of the charges of embezzlement and espionage and order his immediate release (Universal, 2019).<\/p>\n This case still has a lot of relevance as his acquittal occurred recently and the victim\u2019s lawyers are trying to appeal the court\u2019s decision (Universal, 2019). For that reason, it is necessary to kept up with Martinelli\u2019s case in order to scrutinize the final result.<\/p>\n The lesson learned in this case is that countries in Latin America such as Panama are more interested in making their countries more transparent rather than ignoring politician\u2019s corruption charges. Even though Martinelli was declared not guilty, this case adds up to the number of former public officials that have been accused of corruption charges. As a result, if this tendency continues, we can expect strengthened democratic states and more transparency.<\/p>\n First, this is a case of political and grand corruption due to the fact \u00a0institutions were manipulated in the allocation of resources and financing (Convention, s.f.). Martinelli manipulated the Panama\u2019s Security Council to syphon off resources to allegedly obtain espionage equipment and be able to intercept politician\u2019s and dissident\u2019s communications (Abogados, s.f.).<\/p>\n Secondly, Martinelli was accused of embezzlement, which occurs when a public official uses resources that he or she was entrusted with in a dishonest and illegal fashion for his or her personal enrichment (Abogados, s.f.). Martinelli used these resources allegedly to obtain the espionage equipment mentioned.<\/p>\n References (Harvard – Anglia)<\/strong><\/p>\n Abogados, D., s.f. Glosario de Derecho Anticorrupci\u00f3n.<\/em> [Online] Proceso, 2018. Proceso.<\/em> [Online] Convention, U. N., s.f. Grand Corruption occurs when.<\/em> [Online] Prensa, L., 2019. The New York Times.<\/em> [Online] Universal, E., 2019. El Universal. <\/em>[Online] Prensa, L., 2014. Diario Exterior. <\/em>[Online] Peregil, F., 2009. El Pa\u00eds. <\/em>[Online] Universal, E., 2019. El Universal. <\/em>[Online] Context Ricardo Martinelli, a former millionaire and conservative, was the president of Panama from 2009 to 2014. Martinelli, the former owner of the major chain of supermarkets in Panama, surprised the country when he announced his intentions of running for elections (Peregil, 2009). Fact: Who gave what to whom and why? Martinelli was accused […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"template":"","categoria_caso_estudio":[139,141],"class_list":["post-638","caso_estudio","type-caso_estudio","status-publish","hentry","categoria_caso_estudio-grand-corruption","categoria_caso_estudio-political-corruption-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/streiner.mx\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/caso_estudio\/638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/streiner.mx\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/caso_estudio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/streiner.mx\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/caso_estudio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streiner.mx\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/streiner.mx\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_caso_estudio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streiner.mx\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_caso_estudio?post=638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/streiner.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/panamaliability-1024x259.png\")
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/streiner.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/martinelli-sanctions-1024x256.png\")
<\/h3>\nApplicable Law<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n
Why the case is relevant?<\/h3>\n
Lessons learned<\/h3>\n
What type of corruption is it and what are the crimes involved?<\/h3>\n
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/streiner.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/tunisia.png\")
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/streiner.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/panamaduration-1024x237.png\")
\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/streiner.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/panamatiempo-1024x237.png\")
\n
\nAvailable at: Ebook<\/p>\n
\nAvailable at: https:\/\/bit.ly\/2k0QIIc<\/p>\n
\nAvailable at: Grand corruption occurs when. [Ebook]. Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra la Droga y el Delito. Recuperado de https:\/\/bit.ly\/2momz6s<\/p>\n
\nAvailable at: https:\/\/www.prensa.com\/judiciales\/delitos-Martinelli-enfrentaria-anos-prision_0_5369463019.html<\/p>\n
\nAvailable at: https:\/\/bit.ly\/2k0QQaE<\/p>\n
\nAvailable at: https:\/\/bit.ly\/2ksGwZd<\/p>\n
\nAvailable at: https:\/\/elpais.com\/diario\/2009\/05\/10\/domingo\/1241927557_850215.html<\/p>\n
\nAvailable at: https:\/\/bit.ly\/2kg0EOh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"