Spain’s National Intelligence Center (CNI) announced on Monday that criminal organizations from Colombia have infiltrated the country, posing security threats to the state. The head of the Spanish intelligence services,…
A former FARC leader captured in Venezuela earlier this week had $2.15 million in stolen money from the FARC on him, reported newspaper El Tiempo Friday. Gildardo Garcia Cardona, alias…
The ex-president of Italy’s anti-mafia commission said that Italian mob members are living and working in Colombia, El Tiempo reports. Former Chairman Francesco Forgione said that members of “‘Ndranghteta” currently…
Authorities revealed that infamous Colombian drug lord Daniel Barrera, known as “El Loco Barrera,” is part of a complex international drug ring, and was hiding some of his money in…
Hugo Albeiro Quintero, alias “El Patron de Bello,” who was one of the Medellin underworld’s most powerful figures before his arrest in 2008, could be released after the time limit on…
Colombia’s mafia is no longer the largest in the world, according to Edgardo Buscaglia, a United Nations (UN) advisor on corruption and organized crime. In an interview with Mexican newspaper…
Cell phone theft has become a full-fledged organized crime operation in Colombia, one that has an international reach, with more than 2 million cell phones stolen last year, according to…
Colombia’s national registrar Carlos Ariel Sanchez acknowledged on Thursday that the risk of fraud during Sunday’s presidential election has not been eliminated and that there may still exist “electoral mafias”…
A Senator alleges that the mafia is funding Congressmen’s political campaigns in the department of Risaralda and suggested the government finance politicians’ election campaigns to avoid this problem. According to…