According to figures from the Colombian Ministry of the Interior, between 2013 and 2020, 686 cases of human trafficking were registered, of which 82% corresponded to women. The modality of sexual exploitation is the most predominant with 408 cases, followed by forced labor with 134
After the arrest of nine members of an alleged human trafficking gang that operated on the border between Colombia and Venezuela, by officials of the Colombian National Police, a few weeks ago, investigations continue to find more members of these groups. thugs, reviewed the newspaper La Nación.
At that time it became known, through a statement from the Colombian police, that the human trafficking network had ramifications in 10 Latin American countries.
According to EFE, after the investigations it was established that the gang trafficked between 5 and 10 migrants weekly, who were sent from the international airports of Barranquilla and Cartagena, in complicity with public officials in charge of immigration control in those terminals.
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The aforementioned statement, issued by the uniformed men who participated in the police operation, made reference to the fact that they also sent between 15 and 25 migrants by road. “Most of them Venezuelans and Dominicans, towards the south of the continent,” he underlines.
According to the digital media Eldiario, the Colombian National Police assured that the criminal organization had accomplices in several public entities. In addition to interference in the Colombian departments of Atlántico, Bolívar, Cesar, Córdoba, Magdalena and La Guajira.
international links
The links abroad were in Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Mexico, the United States and Spain.
The two women and seven men captured were brought before a judge. They will be charged with the crimes of migrant smuggling, aggravated conspiracy to commit a crime and material falsehood in a public document.
Trafficking in persons encompasses abuses such as sexual exploitation, forced labor or exploitation in begging and in 70% of these cases the victims are women and girls. This according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (Unodc).
According to figures from the Colombian Ministry of the Interior, cited by Eldiario, between 2013 and 2020, 686 cases of human trafficking were registered, of which 82% corresponded to women. The modality of sexual exploitation is the most prevalent with 408 cases, followed by forced labor with 134.
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