Colombia’s police raided 11 prisons in eight cities in an attempt to shut down inmates’ involvement in extortion. The commander of the National Police, General William Salamanca, led the operation…
Guerilla group ELN denied involvement in the 2004 disappearance of the daughter of one of Colombia’s presidential candidates. The runner-up in the May 29 first round of elections, Rodolfo Hernandez,…
Kidnapping used to be common for guerrillas and criminals to extort people. While the days that kidnapping were widespread are over, extortion is booming business. Criminals have been kidnapping victims…
Colombia’s prosecution said Thursday it has arrested 281 alleged extortionists in the largest offensive of its kind in five years.
Brazilian engineering form did not just illegally finance Colombian presidential campaigns, state officials and congressmen, its CEO Marcelo Odebrecht on Monday admitted to also paying illegal armed groups. In an interview with…
Medellin authorities announced Thursday they had arrested a man who had faked his own kidnapping in an attempt to pay a $4,000 bill he had accumulated during a days-long sex…
Extortion fell 18% in Colombia last year as FARC rebels signed peace with the government. However, crime and paramilitary successor groups are filling the void, according to an NGO and the…
FARC chief Timochenko said Monday he has ordered all guerrillas in Colombia’s oldest rebel group to end extortion practices as the organization is preparing for a peace process.
A man from northern Colombia went to extreme lengths to get more money from his parents by kidnapping himself and extorting his own family for millions of pesos. The 22-year-old went…