Traditional Colombian brothers have lost ground to alternative methods of prostitution emerging in the country, Caracol Radio reported. The customary houses of ill-repute are losing business in Colombia as patrons…
Two transnational sex trafficking organizations have been “successfully dismantled” following the detainment of five suspects, announced El Espectador Thursday. In a joint operation between the Colombian judicial police and Interpol,…
Colombia continues to be a “major source country” for human trafficking Tuesday, despite receiving a top tier rating for its efforts to combat the problem, a report released by the…
The Colombian navy has captured two suspected human traffickers and 13 illegal immigrants in the Gulf of Uraba, off the Antioquia department coast, close to Panama, local media reported Tuesday.…
Colombian immigration authorities have captured 13 people suspected to be part of a network that traffics immigrants throughout Colombia, newspaper El Espectador reported Thursday. Director of DAS Felipe Muñoz said…
Government officials in the Risaralda department of western central Colombia have requested a special unit to combat human trafficking, which greatly affects the region, according to a press release from…
A doctor and a psychologist were sentenced to nine years and six months in prison for selling babies in Bogota, Colombia, newspaper El Tiempo reported Friday. Doctor Erber Jose Ochoa…
Arizona police on Thursday rescued 11 children, among them at least one Colombian child, who had been smuggled into the United States and held captive in a drop house. The…
Colombia is the only country in Latin America that, according to the U.S. government’s Trafficking in Persons Report 2010, meets the minimal international standards in its fight against human trafficking.…