All news on the topic: Colombia

The year 2024 included some stark reminders that drug trafficking money can reach the highest levels of politics.

The indictment of nine members of a prominent Colombian Pacific family — including politicians, former public officials, journalists...

This is the story of the largest seizure of its kind ever made in Colombian territory, where a shipment of more than 3,400 shark fins, intended to be trafficked to Hong Kong...

Pedro Silva Ochoa pleaded guilty to kidnapping and assaulting U.S. soldiers in Bogotá.

Less than two months after a four-year sentence for wildlife trafficking, a Colombian court has released Fernando Rodríguez Mondragón—a son of the late drug lord Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela—following a deal with prosecutors.

Two high-ranking members of Italy’s Camorra mafia were arrested in Medellín, Colombia, in a multinational operation against cocaine trafficking.

Coca crops and cocaine production in Colombia increased during 2023, as the government has stopped forced eradication efforts and concentrated on seizures to fight drug trafficking.

For the first time, a US bank has admitted to helping criminal networks in Colombia launder hundreds of millions of dollars in dirty money, highlighting the fruits of a renewed push to target those aiding the region’s money launderers.

A prolific drug gang leader who compared himself to notorious Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar has been arrested.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro authorized a service on Monday to detect Pegasus spyware on civilian phones. This follows his announcement last week that the National Police had used the Israeli spyware for illegal interceptions during the 2021 social uprising.

A joint Spanish and Colombian operation has dismantled a cocaine processing lab, resulting in dozens of arrests and the seizure of thousands of litres of chemical precursors, Europol said Monday in an official statement.

A U.S. court has sentenced former British Virgin Islands (BVI) Prime Minister Andrew Alturo Fahie to more than 11 years in prison for his role in a major cocaine smuggling operation.

Landmark verdict against Chiquita marks first time major US company held liable for funding human rights abuses abroad

Leaked documents from the Prosecutor’s Office show that their vessels, the initials of their containers and the arrival docks of these companies in Europe are mentioned by criminals to speak in code about cocaine shipments and routes.

Official statistics on busts of drug shipments originating in Colombia — the world’s largest cocaine producer by far — are scattershot and hard to find. A leak of prosecutor’s office documents helped reporters fill in some gaps.

A British backpacker has been found dead at his holiday accommodation in Colombia.

The 25-year-old British student has been detained in Colombia and forced to pose in front an illegal haul after reportedly attempting to smuggle cocaine disguised as milk out of the country

Michel Villa Moya was driving on a motorway in Colombia when an angry swarm of bees got into the car, causing him to crash before he later died having reportedly suffered an allergic reaction to the venom

While filming on location in some of the dodgier neighbourhoods in Medellin, where drug lord Pablo Escobar built up his empire in the 80s and 90s, local thugs approached the director and offered their protection if he would cast local prostitutes in the movie

The workers had to flee the warehouse following the explosion in Cartagena, Colombia, as witnesses described seeing thick black smoke rising into the air for many miles around

Six-year-old Maximiliano Tabares was tortured and killed by his mother and stepfather in Colombia, after his mother thought the satanic sacrifice would lead her to finding a tomb of gold. She is now facing life in prison

A helicopter crashed into the side of a skyscraper in Medellin on Monday, with a new video released showing the passengers panicking and making their final phone calls - before miraculously surviving the accident

Yisela Torres Apresa was admitted to a clinic on January 13 after experiencing health problems and complications began after a filler was injected into her buttocks

Who was Griselda Blanco and what happened to her? Dubbed the 'cocaine godmother', the mother-of-four ruled Miami's drug empire for decades before she was assassinated in the street