Legal Topic:
Corruption
Geographic relevance:
Colombia
Language:
Spanish
Data type:
Legal citations
About this resource:
Colombian Penal Code (Código Penal Colombiano) (articles 416 and 417): This states that the crime of abuse of functions will be committed when a public servant or any authority abuses his or her position or law knowledge to obtain a private gain. It also creates a crime of omission, where a public servant has knowledge of an alleged unlawful act and he or she does not report it to the official authority.
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