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Enrique Low Murtra award for achievements at the service of the Office of the Attorney General

Officials who stood out in the line of duty were awarded at the ceremony. The event was attended by the President of the Republic, Iván Duque Márquez, who announced that there is a budget for the construction of...

“We cannot speak to citizens by using criminal codes and regulations”: Attorney General, Francisco Barbosa

The Office of the Attorney General is planning a transformation to combat the criminal dynamics of criminal organizations such as drug trafficking and corruption. The institution will pursue the assets of those who take possession of public resources within...

The Office of the Attorney General strengthens a team to fight transnational Human trafficking

Thanks to the investigative work, four criminal organizations received a hard blow. They were allegedly involved in this criminal phenomenon. 17 female victims, 6 of them minors, were rescued in an operation.  The finances of one of the...

Three alleged drug traffickers arrested for extradition purposes

The arrested people, who were allegedly part of a criminal network, are wanted by a Federal Court of Puerto Rico.  After several months of investigation, the Delegate Office against Organized Crime, within the framework of the cooperation agreement between the...

Arrested Israeli citizen to serve 26-year prison sentence

Gabriel Kenigsberger is linked to drug trafficking groups in Europe and Israel. The arrested man lived in Colombia for 20 years with a legal status.  In a joint operation carried out by officials of the Office of the Attorney General...

Alleged members of a drug trafficking network wanted for extradition purposes for sending cocaine in speedboats and parcels were arrested

The United States authorities claim that this network made an attempt to take cocaine out of Bogotá in a NGO humanitarian flight.  The joint work of the Office of the Attorney General, through the Special Directorate against Drug Trafficking, the...

A megaoperative was carried out in four cities of the country against the criminal organization La Empresa

In 35 raids, thousands of doses of cocaine, coca paste, marijuana cigarettes cash, military equipment of the National Army, and hundreds of bottles of adulterated liquor ready for sale were seized.  In Sucre, 8 people were arrested for...

ADenunciar broadens its services and is available to assist victims of gender-based violence

In a joint work to benefit citizens, the Office of the Attorney General and the National Police, activated in the virtual platform ¡ADenunciar! a new option for victims of gender-based violence to report their cases in a prompt and timely...

A criminal structure that was allegedly involved in the crime of a human rights defender in Boyacá was dismantled

The Office of the Attorney General, the National Police and the Army arrested eight people in Boyacá and Cundinamarca.  With this result, there is a clarification rate on affectations against human rights defenders of 63.11%  The Attorney General, Francisco...

The Office of the Attorney General struck its most crushing blow against illegal networks involved in liquors adulteration

As a result of 30 raids, 60 tons of supplies for adulterating liquor were seized. 14 people were arrested, including managers and directors of legally formed companies that, apparently, mixed original products with adulterated liquor.  The Attorney General, Francisco Barbosa...