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Former Police Connect Private Security Companies and Crime Groups in Colombia

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Former Police Connect Private Security Companies and Crime Groups in Colombia 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 seiz…

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Former Police Connect Private Security Companies and Crime Groups in Colombia

Former Police Connect Private Security Companies and Crime Groups in Colombia 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 seiz…

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The Global Reach of Colombia’s Private Security Firms

There are nearly half a million private citizens in Colombia — more than all the country’s soldiers and police officers combined — who legally carry weapons and are licensed to kill. The armed men and women who guard the entrance to gated condominiums and luxury malls, who drop the children of the wealthy and powerful […]

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Jacobin broke the news in on Wednesday, March 19, 2025.
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