A tutela do patrimônio público nas ações de improbidade administrativa: ocultação patrimonial e recuperação de ativos

Abstract

The present study focuses on analyzing the recovery of assets in misconduct actions in public offices. Initially, it addresses the protection of probity in public offices based on its constitutional and legal precedents also analyzing the international agreements on the subject. Then, the conceptual aspects of probity and morality and the typologies of the misconduct law in public offices related to corruption are covered. In the second chapter, the topics of corruption, concealment of assets, and money laundering with an emphasis on the correlation of these doctrines with misconduct in public offices are approached. The global, regional, and local regimes for preventing and fighting money laundering and the main types of asset concealment are presented. In the last chapter, the recovery of assets in the field of public office misconduct is discussed. Based on the description of special investigation techniques, the study points out the role of the Prosecution Office and the Public Counsel Office in the adequate protection of public assets. The investigation concludes with an approach to a common understanding as a tool to recover assets in public office misconduct.