Colombia’s police raid 11 prisons in attempt to curb extortion
Colombia’s police raided 11 prisons in eight cities in an attempt to shut down...
Tag: extortion
Colombia’s ELN guerrillas deny kidnapping presidential candidate’s daughter
Guerilla group ELN denied involvement in the 2004 disappearance of the daughter of one of...
Kidnapping and extortion
Kidnapping used to be common for guerrillas and criminals to extort people. While the days that...
Colombia claims arresting 281 extortionists in one operation
Colombia’s prosecution said Thursday it has arrested 281 alleged extortionists in the largest offensive of its kind in five years.
Even Colombia’s guerrillas were bribed by Odebrecht: CEO
Brazilian engineering form did not just illegally finance Colombian presidential campaigns, state...
Medellin man kidnaps himself in attempt to pay gigantic brothel bill
Medellin authorities announced Thursday they had arrested a man who had faked his own kidnapping...
FARC chief ‘ordered troops’ to end extortion practices in Colombia
FARC chief Timochenko said Monday he has ordered all guerrillas in Colombia’s oldest rebel...
How not to kidnap yourself, extort your parents and get wasted
A man from northern Colombia went to extreme lengths to get more money from his parents by...
3 policemen arrested for alleged kidnapping of businessman
Three policemen were arrested in the northern Colombian city of Barranquilla for allegedly...
Urabeños shut down Gran Colombia Gold operations after killing mining leader
Neo-paramilitary group “Los Urabeños” has effectively shut down gold mines owned...
Extortion in Colombia up almost 500% since 2008
Extortion in Colombia has gone up nearly 500% since 2008, according to a report released...
Multinational oil company in trouble over alleged payments to ELN
Colombia’s prosecutor general is currently investigating a multinational oil infrastructure...
