Aproximaciones al régimen de control penal en el sistema de compras públicas : estudio a partir del Código Penal Colombiano y Ley de Licitaciones en Brasil

Abstract

The criminal control regime in the matter of public contract is regulated in the fifth chapter of crimes against public administration of the Colombian Criminal Code, and these intent to guarantee the effective satisfaction of the principles that govern public contracting, being an important instrument in the fight against corruption and the accomplishment of the purposes of the State.

Therefore, this article pretends to make an approach to the criminal system of public contracts, on the occasion of the "First International Congress Colombo - Brazilian, around the criminal treatment of corruption and common crimes", and enrich the control of public acquisition in Colombia, based on the contractual law that regulates the matter in Brazilian legislation, which contains an ample catalog of crimes, which in the case of the Colombian Criminal Code, has been generically referred as crimes of improper contract awards.