Crimes against Public Administration

Crimes against public administration punish conduct that harms the principles of impartiality, transparency and proper functioning to which administrative action should be inspired. They are divided into two categories, respectively governed by two distinct Chapters of Title II of Book II of the Criminal Code:
• offences committed by public officials and persons entrusted with a public service (arts. 315–335-bis Criminal Code), among which the most serious crimes against public administration are included, such as embezzlement, misappropriation of public funds, extortion, undue inducement to give or promise benefits, corruption (both proper and improper), and abuse of office;
• offences committed by private individuals (arts. 336–356 Criminal Code), including violence or threat against a public official, resistance to a public official, interruption of a public office or service or of a service of public necessity, illicit trafficking of influence, unlawful exercise of a profession, bid rigging or interference with the procedure for selecting the contractor, breach of public supply contracts and fraud in public supplies.
The prosecution of crimes against public administration represents today one of the main sectors of criminal justice.
For years, the firm has provided judicial and extrajudicial assistance to natural persons (national and local politicians and administrators) and companies involved in delicate judicial matters concerning offences of this category, with particular regard to extortion, corruption, embezzlement, abuse of office, illicit trafficking of influence, bid rigging and fraud in public supplies.
Among the areas of specialization of the firm is also that of crimes against public faith. In this field, proceedings concerning delicate cases of material or ideological falsity in public documents have mainly been handled.