In modern society, even high-ranking public officials, or mid-level government employees, are required to submit their financial statements.

The reason for this is to monitor whether they have taken bribes and committed acts that go against the national interest.

‘A person whose total assets were 100 million suddenly has 1 billion?’

Unless they inherited wealth from their rich parents, it’s 99.9% likely that they’ve abused public power to take bribes.

By investigating someone with shady dealings, it’s easy to recover criminal proceeds and catch the wrongdoer.

There’s no reason I wouldn’t follow this approach.@@novelbin@@

Of course, the people of the Tuscany Empire may not have as much knowledge as modern-day people, but they’re not ignorant. They know how to quickly spend misappropriated funds to erase evidence or launder the source, making it hard to trace.

However, with accounting books, any form of corruption leaves traces.

“Baron, after reviewing the spending records of the Visconti Duke’s estate, it’s no surprise, we’ve found indications of embezzlement using various methods.”

We often hear news of politicians or businessmen embezzling large sums, but in reality, embezzlement is a crime that is much closer to us than we think.

Embezzling billions is one thing, but when you break it down, even stealing a single pen or a roll of toilet paper from a company is technically embezzlement.

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