Colombia’s financial analysis authority UIAF will create a special unit to try and control criminal groups that launder money from illegal mining, Caracol Radio reports. The Interior and Justice Minister…
Colombia’s Minister of Interior and Justice German Vargas Lleras said that Colombia’s national prison authority (INPEC) were prevented by the army from inspecting the Tolemaida military detention center where former…
Emerging criminal gangs, with an estimated 4,200 members across the country, could account for 40% of assasinations in Colombia, according to the Minister of Interior and Justice, newspaper El Espectador…
President Juan Manuel Santos announced Monday a number of legislative reforms aimed at restructuring ministries and state agencies as part of a recent measure granting him more authority. Of the…
The Colombian government has warned that the upcoming regional elections could present an opportunity for drug traffickers to launder money through campaign sponsorship, Caracol Radio reported. Minister of Interior and…
Hours after the government concluded the land restitution of some 63,000 acres to Afro-Colombian communities in the Choco department, illegal armed groups raided and burned several acres of crops, Caracol…
Colombia’s interior and justice minister has announced on Twitter that nearly 250,000 acres of land will be returned to Afro-Colombian communities who have been forcibly displaced. German Vargas Lleras used…
Colombia’s government warns that money from Mexican drug traffickers could influence October’s local elections, newspaper El Espectador reported Wednesday. Minister of Justice and the Interior German Vargas Lleras said that…
The Conservative Party gave its support to a bill proposing the allocation of more power to President Juan Manuel Santos, quelling last week’s concern of a possible split in the…