A meeting will be held by Attorney General, Néstor Humberto Martínez Neira, and his counterpart of El Salvador Douglas Meléndez Ruíz this week at the so called “Bunker” (headquarters in Bogotá) in order to address issues related to technical cooperation, prosecutions on corruption cases, Assets Forfeiture (Extinción del Derecho de Dominio)1 and money laundering.

During the visit, which is scheduled until May 12th, Attorney General Meléndez Ruíz and delegates (heads and coordinators) of the Centro American country who handle these topics, have visited the main Offices of the Office of the Attorney General in Colombia to know firsthand, among other investigation strategies and mechanisms, the wiretapping systems, as well as how its judicial police work and visit the newly opened center Centro Estratégico de Valoración Probatoria (Cevap in spanish).

Attorney General of El Salvador recognized in a press conference the investigative characteristics of the Office of Attorney General in Colombia and highlighted the importance of signing an agreement on judicial cooperation between both States in order to fight against criminal gangs and drug trafficking. He stated “Now, we are focused on specific subjects such as to know how organized crime, assets seizure processes, wiretappings and international assistance in other issues are handled in Colombia”.

  1. “Loss of ownership of property derived from or used in criminal activity which has been seized by the government”.