Colombia and Venezuela kick off joint border operation against ELN
The armed forces of Colombia and Venezuela kicked off coordinated offensives in the border region...
Category: Crime and security
Crime and security in Bogota
Bogota has traditionally enjoyed lower homicide rates than other major cities in Colombia....
Colombia’s drug trade
Some 4% of the world’s population, some 300 million people, has consumed cocaine in their...
Crime and security in Medellin
Crime and violence in Medellin has been on a rebound since 2016 after years of relative quiet in...
Crime and security in Cali
Cali, Colombia’s third largest city, has traditionally been one of the country’s most...
Kidnapping and extortion
Kidnapping used to be common for guerrillas and criminals to extort people. While the days that...
Colombia’s illegal armed groups (maps)
Multiple illegal armed groups that carry out violent attacks against civilians, security forces,...
Coca cultivation
Colombia is the world’s #1 producer of cocaine, according to both the United Nations’...
Para-economics
Para-economics is a phenomenon in Colombia in which businesses use death squads to either...
Colombia’s crime and security statistics
Statistics on crime and public security in Colombia.
