US Edition“Call Center” of Extortion Dismantled in La Picota Jail in Bogotá: This Was How They Intimidated Their Victims
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La Picota was its headquarters: prisoners with a call center fall to scamar dsrincon Mar, 24/06/2025 - 18:28 Author dsrincon A joint operation between the National Police, the National Penitentiary and Prisoner Institute (Inpec) and the Public Prosecutor's Office, in Bogotá, was neutralized a criminal structure that offends from La Picota prison, through telephone extortions in different modalities. In a blow against extortion networks operating…
In the framework of Operation Bogotá, the authorities achieved a major blow against prison extortions. The GAULA Group of the National Police, in coordination with INPEC and the Attorney General’s Office, discovered a criminal operations centre operating within Hall 6 of a prison in the capital of the country. According to investigations, a real criminal “call center” operated from there, from where extortive calls were made under different moda…
Authorities seized dozens of cell phones, notebooks with criminal records and sharp weapons.
The criminal “call center” would have rents for more than 250 million pesos a month. Authorities dismantled a “call center” of extortion that was operating in La Picota prison, reported the National Police on Tuesday. “We carried out a search and search procedure in the cells of pavilion number six of this penitentiary center, in which we found 40 mobile phones, 15 USB cables, 30 chargers, 60 SIM cards, 18 short guns, five extortive scripts, liq…
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