Colombia’s war on drugs turns domestic
Colombian police chief General Oscar Naranjo said Friday that success in preventing the export of narcotics has caused producers to focus on the domestic market, arguing that Colombia “has completed…
Colombian police chief General Oscar Naranjo said Friday that success in preventing the export of narcotics has caused producers to focus on the domestic market, arguing that Colombia “has completed…
Colombia’s National Commerce Federation (Fenalco) expressed concern Tuesday that 70 of the 258 companies added during 2010 to the U.S. “Clinton’s list” of drug traffickers and money launderers are Colombian. Fenalco…
The son of infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar claims that, despite the fact that his father was one of the wealthiest men on the planet, all Juan inherited from him…
Colombian authorities provided details on fourteen members of the FARC-linked narco-trafficking group, who were arrested earlier this week, as well as more information on their operations, reports Semana. Police director General…
A report by the European Law Enforcement Agency (Europol) found that the FARC consider Europe to be an “area of strategic interest” for its drug trafficking operations and procurement of…
Colombian police announce the arrest of fifteen people accused of exporting FARC-produced drugs to foreign markets, El Espectador reported Wednesday. According to authorities, the men, who were arrested in eastern Colombia,…
Ecuadorian authorities on Tuesday arrested one of Colombia’s most wanted drug-trafficking kingpins, Ramon Quintero Sanclemente, for whom the U.S. has offered a $5 million reward, reported Colombian media. Quintero, who…
After a two year-long investigation, Colombia’s intelligence service DAS and the navy have busted an international group smuggling arms from Central America to gangs in Colombia, according to a DAS…
Colombia’s fight against the FARC increasingly focuses on cutting off the rebels’ funding from narco-trafficking, as police collect new information on the organisation’s drug trading structure. Colombian police, in collaboration…