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PUBLIC OFFICIAL’S FRAUDS – group of crimes distinguished from others because perpetrators of such crimes can be only persons who perform public functions. In Polish criminal law p.o.f. are qualified as crimes against public institutions and local governments’ activities, committed by persons from inside state or social institutions. This category contains the passive bribery, known as public official’s venality, what means taking personal or financial advantage or their promise with regard to performing public functions as well as the abuse of authority including crimes which are not qualified as passive bribery and consist in exceeding authorizations or failure in duties by → public official which harms public or private interest. To this category of crimes belongs the abuse of authorizations which could be committed through activity or abandonment, among its types are → favouritism, nepotism and cronyism or breach of administrative procedures (→ corruption) [ M. Waszak ].