A sex trafficking case from 2024 in Bogota, Colombia. 1 source on file.
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Venezuelan women and girls trafficked to Colombian cities for sexual exploitation. Economic crisis created extreme vulnerability. Accused: Colombian-Venezuelan trafficking networks.
Colombian anti-trafficking police unit. Network dismantled; operators arrested. IOM Colombia protection programs.
Colombia CO
Three adolescent girls were identified in a suspected commercial sexual exploitation case in the El Poblado/Parque Lleras area of Medellín. Police found the minors in short-term accommodation with three foreign men—two U.S. nationals and one Venezuelan. Authorities said the girls had been offered approximately COP 400,000 in exchange for sexual activity. Accused: Colombian and foreign facilitators using tourism platforms.
Colombia CO
Colombian authorities arrested 18 people, including hotel owners, police and a navy captain, in a sex trafficking ring that recruited girls aged 14 to 17 and sold them to tourists in Cartagena, exploiting more than 250 women and girls.