Colombia — PACO Anti-Corruption Observatory

The Portal Anticorrupción de Colombia (PACO) is the national transparency observatory and integrity clearinghouse managed by the Secretaría de Transparencia de la Presidencia de la República.

PACO unifies and cross-references data across Colombia's primary oversight bodies:

1. SIRI (Sistema de Información de Registro de Inhabilidades y Sanciones): Disciplinary disqualifications and sanctions registered by the competent disciplinary authority.
2. Boletín de Responsables Fiscales: Unresolved fiscal liability rulings issued by the Contraloría General de la República.
3. SECOP I, SECOP II & Tienda Virtual: Administrative contract breach fines, forfeiture declarations, and procurement disqualifications (inhabilidades para contratar con el Estado).
4. Historical Public Contracting History: Volume and total contract values executed across municipal, departmental, and national public entities.

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API Reference

Endpoint

GET https://api.verifik.co/v2/co/paco

Alias route: GET https://api.verifik.co/v2/co/anticorruption

Headers

Name	Value
Content-Type	application/json
Accept	application/json
Authorization	Bearer <token>

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
documentNumber	string	Yes	Document or tax number (NIT or CC without spaces or hyphens). E.g. 900123456 or 75086330.
documentType	string	No	Document type: CC (default), CE, NIT, TI, PAS.

Use Cases

• Third-Party & Vendor Due Diligence: Screen prospective suppliers and contractors against government-wide debarment lists before issuing contracts.
• M&A and Joint Ventures: Perform statutory compliance audits on target entities and executive leadership in Colombia.
• Public Procurement Compliance: Verify legal capacity (habilidad contractual) to avoid entering into legally void public contracts under Law 80 of 1993 and Law 1474 of 2011 (Anti-Corruption Statute).

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Request

Node.js / JavaScript

import axios from "axios";

const options = {
  method: "GET",
  url: "https://api.verifik.co/v2/co/paco",
  params: {
    documentType: "NIT",
    documentNumber: "900123456",
  },
  headers: {
    Accept: "application/json",
    Authorization: "Bearer <your_token>",
  },
};

try {
  const { data } = await axios.request(options);
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error.response ? error.response.data : error.message);
}

Python

import http.client
import json

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api.verifik.co")
headers = {
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "Authorization": "Bearer <your_token>"
}

conn.request("GET", "/v2/co/paco?documentType=NIT&documentNumber=900123456", headers=headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()

print(json.loads(data.decode("utf-8")))

cURL

curl -X GET "https://api.verifik.co/v2/co/paco?documentType=NIT&documentNumber=900123456" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <your_token>"

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Response

200 (Sanctions / Penalties Detected)

{
  "data": {
    "documentType": "NIT",
    "documentNumber": "900123456",
    "contractorName": "CONSTRUCTORA NACIONAL S.A.S.",
    "hasSanctions": true,
    "summary": {
      "siriDisciplinaryCount": 0,
      "fiscalLiabilityCount": 1,
      "secopPenaltyCount": 1,
      "totalSanctions": 2
    },
    "contractSummaryByPlatform": {
      "secopI": {
        "count": 4,
        "totalValue": 1250000000
      },
      "secopII": {
        "count": 8,
        "totalValue": 3480000000
      },
      "colombiaCompraEficiente": {
        "count": 1,
        "totalValue": 150000000
      }
    },
    "sanctions": [
      {
        "type": "FISCAL",
        "entity": "CONTRALORÍA GENERAL DE LA REPÚBLICA",
        "sanctionDate": "2024-03-12",
        "description": "Fallo con responsabilidad fiscal por ejecución irregular de obra pública",
        "amount": 185000000,
        "status": "VIGENTE"
      },
      {
        "type": "PENALIDAD_SECOP",
        "entity": "ALCALDÍA MAYOR DE BOGOTÁ",
        "sanctionDate": "2025-01-20",
        "description": "Declaratoria de incumplimiento contractual con cobro de cláusula penal pecuniaria",
        "amount": 75000000,
        "status": "EN_FIRME"
      }
    ],
    "reportPdfUrl": "https://api.verifik.co/storage/reports/paco-900123456-cert.pdf"
  },
  "signature": {
    "dateTime": "2026-10-30 20:20:00",
    "message": "Certified by Verifik.co"
  }
}

200 (Clean Compliance Record)

{
  "data": {
    "documentType": "CC",
    "documentNumber": "12345678",
    "contractorName": "MARIA FERNANDA ROJAS",
    "hasSanctions": false,
    "summary": {
      "siriDisciplinaryCount": 0,
      "fiscalLiabilityCount": 0,
      "secopPenaltyCount": 0,
      "totalSanctions": 0
    },
    "contractSummaryByPlatform": {
      "secopI": {
        "count": 0,
        "totalValue": 0
      },
      "secopII": {
        "count": 2,
        "totalValue": 45000000
      },
      "colombiaCompraEficiente": {
        "count": 0,
        "totalValue": 0
      }
    },
    "sanctions": [],
    "reportPdfUrl": null
  },
  "signature": {
    "dateTime": "2026-10-30 20:20:00",
    "message": "Certified by Verifik.co"
  }
}

409 (Missing Parameter)

{
  "code": "MissingParameter",
  "message": "documentNumber is required"
}

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Sandbox Probes

Test deterministic behaviors in sandbox environments using these profiles:

Document Number	Type	Expected Behavior
900123456	NIT	Corporate contractor profile with 1 fiscal liability and 1 SECOP penalty record (hasSanctions: true).
75086330	CC	Individual contractor profile with active SIRI disciplinary sanction.
12345678	CC	Clean integrity record (hasSanctions: false, totalSanctions: 0).