North Colombia radio host facing criminal charges after negotiating slave on air
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office said Sunday he would file criminal charges...
Tag: human trafficking
Government inaction spurs locals in northeast Colombia to step up aid to migrants
More than 50 young people in northwest of Colombia have been providing aid to undocumented...
Colombia rescues more than 40 women from Venezuela from sex slavery ring
More than 40 Venezuelan women were rescued from a “21st century sex slavery” ring...
Colombia dismantles ring that forced more than 100 girls and women to work as sex slaves abroad
Colombia’s prosecution said Tuesday that it had dismantled a human trafficking ring that...
Colombia and Panama agree to increase efforts to combat human trafficking
The governments of Colombia and Panama on Monday signed a joint memorandum through which they...
49 women rescued from sexual slavery in northern Colombia
Authorities in Colombia’s tourist hotspot Cartagena said Monday that they have rescued 49...
Colombia issues arrest warrant for Israeli with alleged links to human trafficking
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office on Sunday issued an arrest warrant for an...
Border breakdown: How groups make money off Venezuela’s migrant crisis
Illegal armed groups and criminals are profiting from the economic crisis in Venezuela by charging...
14 Colombia sex slaves rescued in human trafficking ring bust in Dominican Republic
Fourteen Colombian women have been rescued from a transnational human trafficking ring in the...
Colombia vows to step up measures to combat human trafficking
Colombia’s government embarked on an anti-human trafficking campaign after criticism from US...
Cubans stranded in Colombia beg for passage to US
While stranded migrants on Thursday begged to be allowed passage, Panama announced that the border...
Colombia arrests 16 ‘coyotes’ for migrant-trafficking
Colombia arrested 16 members of a transnational people smuggling ring specializing in migrants of Cuban, Pakistani and African origin, authorities said Tuesday. The operation unfolded simultaneously in the northwestern cities of...
