The Attorney General, Francisco Barbosa, strengthens the judicial cooperation with Paraguay and Argentina in the fight against transnational crime
In different meetings with counterparts from both countries, successful experiences in terms of assets seizure were shared to be applied at the regional level.
As part of the international strategy led by the Colombian Attorney General's Office, the Attorney General,...
The Attorney General, Francisco Barbosa Delgado, highlighted that the Assets Seizure* process is a fundamental tool in the fight against corruption
He stated that 23,000 public servants will work jointly against different forms of corruption.
In the last two years, the Attorney General´s Office obtained 1,759 convictions and has carried out 10,490 accusations for different crimes associated with irregular...
The inter-institutional coordination is the key in the fight against corruption
Within the framework of the panel 'Avances en la lucha contra la corrupción’ (progress made in the fight against corruption) which was organized by the national association of entrepreneurs (Asociación Nacional de Empresarios de Colombia - Andi, in Spanish),...
The Inspector General and the Attorney General join efforts to monitor the National Vaccination Plan about Covid – 19
The Inspector General and the Attorney General will join efforts to investigate and prosecute, within the framework of their competences, any offense or crime related to management of the Vaccination Plan.
The main objective will be to avoid...
Governor of San Andrés, Everth Hawkins, was brought before justice for alleged irregularities in contracts on Covid-19 emergency
The Office of the Attorney General achieved the prosecution of the governor of San Andrés, Everth Julio Hawkins Sjogreen, for alleged irregularities detected in a contract about design, layout, and printing of advertising material signed during the health emergency.
In...
The Office of the Attorney General´s strategy against corruption allows the prosecution of a mayor and other people in Sucre
In the framework of the strategy Transparency in the Emergency (Transparencia por la Emergencia) a judge from Corozal (Sucre) accepted the arguments of the Office of the Attorney General and issued a detention order against the mayor and the...
A guilty verdict was returned against the Governor of Cesar, Luis Alberto Monsalvo Gnecco for electoral corruption
The Supreme Court of Justice approved the arguments presented by the Office of the Attorney General and returned a guilty verdict against the current Governor of the department of Cesar, Luis Alberto Monsalvo Gnecco, for electoral corruption during elections...
Former mayor of El Carmen de Chucurí (Santander) sentenced for irregular contracting in 2011
Thanks to the evidence presented by the Office of the Attorney General, a judge hearing the case sentenced Nelson Parra Suárez, who served as mayor in El Carmen de Chucurí (Santander) from 2011 to 2015, to 51 months in prison and...
Mayor of San José de Miranda (Santander) and two other people charged for alleged irregularities in the contract on health emergency
As part of its strategy "Transparency for the emergency", the Office of the Attorney General charged Mayor of San José de Miranda (Santander), Donaldo Ortiz Cárdenas with the execution of a contract without complying with legal requirements and embezzlement...
The Office of the Attorney General will bring charges against the suspended governor of Chocó, four Mayors, two officers and an Army non-commissioned officer for alleged irregularities in contracting during the health emergency
The judicial and investigative actions carried out by the Office of the Attorney General, the Office of the Comptroller General, and the Office of the Inspector General yield positive results about the protection of resources allocated for the assistance...