Sara Garcia

3 weeks ago | financecolombia.com | Sara Garcia |Juan Jaramillo

A series of recent arrests related to private security companies in Colombia shows how some of these businesses operate as extensions of organized crime and exposes yet another nexus between security forces and the criminal world. As part of a joint security operation with prosecutors and other government officials at the end of February, Colombia’s national police seized 100 weapons, and eight properties, and arrested three legal representatives of several private security companies.

1 month ago | insightcrime.org | Sara Garcia |Juan Jaramillo

A series of recent arrests related to private security companies in Colombia shows how some of these businesses operate as extensions of organized crime and exposes yet another nexus between security forces and the criminal world. As part of a joint security operation with prosecutors and other government officials at the end of February, Colombia’s national police seized 100 weapons, eight properties, and arrested three legal representatives of several private security companies.

1 month ago | insightcrime.org | Juan Jaramillo |Sara Garcia

Una serie de capturas asociadas a empresas de seguridad privada evidencian cómo algunas de estas compañías operan como sucursales de grupos criminales en Colombia, y exponen otra faceta de la conexión entre las fuerzas de seguridad y el crimen organizado.