Finance Colombia

Cartagena-Based US DEA Agent Guilty Of Stealing Over $9 Million USD In Drug Money

US DEA Special Agent José Ismael Irizarry and his wife Nathalia Gomez Irizarry pled guilty to all charges in a mammoth scheme to steal government funds, drug proceeds and launder money. The Irizarrys apparently are related to the notorious Ambuila crime family of Cali, Colombia.

Posted On September 15, 2020

, By Loren Moss

Vice President of Colombia, Marta Lucia Ramirez

Insight Crime: Colombian Vice President Denies Knowing Associate Was Drug Lord & Paramilitary Commander

Colombia's Vice President Marta Lucía Ramirez vehemently denies a close relationship between her & her husband Álvaro Rincón with alleged drug trafficker and paramilitary Guillermo Acevedo, alias “Memo Fantasma." This article is from Insight Crime.

Posted On April 9, 2020

, By Insight Crime

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After Threats, Lime Follows Uber As The Latest Alternative Mobility Company To Give Up On Colombia

As Colombia’s government, apparently allied with sometimes violent taxi syndicates runs off mobility providers such as Uber and domestic company Picap, electric scooter provider Lime has announced that it is also abandoning its Bogotá foothold in a blog post by its CEO. This...

Posted On January 11, 2020

, By Loren Moss

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Apparently At War With Alternative Transportation, Duque Administration Orders Liquidation of Picap Ride Hailing Service

Almost simultaneously with a ruling against Uber, Supertransporte, the enforcement organ of Colombia’s Ministry of Transportation (above photo) has ordered the liquidation of CAP Technologies S.A.S.; the company behind the Picap brand of mobility, a local alternative to Uber. In...

Posted On January 11, 2020

, By Loren Moss

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US Prosecutors Visit Colombian Counterparts To Fight Organized Crime

Colombia’s attorney general, Fabio Espitia Garzón, received a delegation of prosecutors from The United Sates led by Zachary Terwilliger, Prosecutor for the Eastern District of Virginia. The purpose of the visit was to strengthen cooperation in the fight against organized...

Posted On August 19, 2019

, By Loren Moss

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Colombian Corruption: How Seven Scandals Have Rocked a Nation and Eroded Faith in Justice

From Odebrecht and the Panama Papers to court and Congress officials accepting bribes, Colombians are increasingly fed up with their nation's pervasive corruption.

Posted On December 6, 2017

, By Mark Kennedy

Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos. (Credit: Presidencia de la República)

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Three Former Supreme Court Justices Face Investigation in Yet Another High-Level Corruption Scandal in Colombia

The U.S. DEA reportedly has wiretap evidence implicating José Leonidas Bustos, Francisco Javier Ricaurte, and Camilo Tarquino in a bribery scandal.

Posted On August 16, 2017

, By Jared Wade

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Top Official in Colombia’s Fight Against Corruption Arrested on Bribery Charges

Luis Gustavo Moreno Rivera, who was Colombia's national director of anti-corruption, allegedly took a $10,000 USD bribe during a meeting in South Florida.

Posted On June 28, 2017

, By Jared Wade