Colombia’s government transferred coronavirus emergency stipends of $41 to 16,000 ghost accounts, the country’s National Registrar said Tuesday. This would mean the National Planning Department (DNP) misallocated at least $660,000…
Colombia’s vice-president was embarrassed on Monday after nobody wanted to be part of her “anti-corruption elite squad” to monitor coronavirus emergency funds. Together with President Ivan Duque’s transparency secretary, VP…
Residents of Colombia’s tourist city Cartagena gave their mayor an ovation on Monday after he treated the city council to an expletive-laden tirade over corruption that has crippled healthcare. Mayor…
Colombia’s comptroller general said Wednesday that watchdog entities found evidence that $20 million (COP80,000million) meant to confront the coronavirus pandemic has been embezzled. In an interview with RCN Radio, Comptroller…
A leading opposition senator announced criminal charges against Colombia’s former chief prosecutor after he got tied up in a growing scandal over narcos’ involvement in rigging the 2018 election. Robledo…
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office filed corruption charges against National Police director General Oscar Atehortua that could lead to his removal from office. According to the charges, Atehortua was involved in…
US ambassador Philip Goldberg better not be as gullible as his predecessor William Brownfield and consider Colombia’s government may be aligned with the mafia, not Washington DC. The US embassy…
Calls for President Ivan Duque to resign grew louder on Friday as Colombia was bombarded with evidence of the close ties between his party, the security forces and the mafia.…
Colombia is about as close to a mafia state as it ever has been, which makes catching the bad guys more dangerous than ever. Organized crime has metastasized to the…