Hundreds of Colombian workers blocked two bridges on the Colombian-Venezuelan border on Thursday to protest Venezuela’s crackdown on cross-border smuggling of food and fuel. The protesters shut down traffic on…
Two Polish smugglers tried to slip $2.2 million worth of Colombia cocaine into the UK by dissolving the drug and hiding it in the water of hundreds of tropical fish, reported…
A U.S. Army sergeant was arrested at Bogota’s Eldorado International Airport trying to smuggle almost two kilograms of cocaine out of Colombia. The sergeant, Deon Lemar Burton, was arrested trying…
A Colombian woman died Thursday after smuggling an estimated $175,000 worth of cocaine to New Zealand inside her stomach. Sorlinda Arirtizabal Vega, a 37-year-old Colombian woman, traveled with her family…
Colombian police have identified 40 alleged bosses of contraband smuggling operations across Colombia, and have offered a reward for information leading to their capture, reported El Tiempo Wednesday. Police Commander…
Colombia could be losing up to $3.3 billion annually due to sales tax (IVA) evasion and smuggling, announced the director of Colombia’s tax agency (DIAN). According to various Colombian media,…
President Juan Manuel Santos urged Colombians not to buy smuggled goods in a speech at the opening of the Colombiamoda fashion show in Medellin Tuesday, his presidential news site announced.…
A 13.2 ton drug bust the Cartagena police announced in May turned out to actually be only 35.3 pounds. The single container of panela (a substance similar to brown…
Expired medicinal drugs from developed countries are being smuggled into Colombia through Venezuela and Ecuador, before being repackaged and sold, El Tiempo reported Thursday. The Colombian Association of Retail Druggists…