A convicted embezzler of millions in state funds has turned Colombia’s most important high security prison into his private disco with live music and smuggled rum, reported magazine Semana on Sunday.
The US has begun the process of extraditing Andres Felipe Arias, the former Colombian minister sentenced to 17 years in prison for embezzling $25 million in government funds.
The director of Colombia’s tax agency (DIAN) will resign and flee the country amid death threats received from organized crime groups, national media reported Friday.
Embezzlement is a significantly bigger problem within Colombia’s tax agency (DIAN) than was previously expected, according to the agency’s director. Since 2004, government money lost to fraud embezzlement has amounted…
Thirteen officials from Colombia’s national tax collection agency (DIAN) were arrested Tuesday in conjunction with a $150 million embezzlement scheme, according to the Prosecutor General’s Office.
The former administrative director of the Colombian Senate has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for using the Senate Library budget to distribute corrupt contracts.
An investigative commission from the Colombian House of Representatives claimed Thursday to have uncovered the origins of leaks that broke a recent military corruption scandal, reported national media.
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos announced Tuesday that Armed Forces commander General Leonardo Barrero will be replaced amid an accumulation of corruption, wiretapping and human rights scandals.
Colombia’s Defense Minister requested Monday that an audit of the National Army be carried out by the impartial Comptroller General’s Office.