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Police have captured more than 5,200 sexual predators in 2023 • La Nación


The dismantling of 65 criminal structures and the capture of more than 2,000 individuals involved in criminal activities were also achieved.

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The National Police, from the Directorate of Protection and Special Services, reported that there is a 15% reduction in homicides against children and adolescents, which translates into 87 lives saved this year.

In addition, more than 5,200 arrests of sexual predators were carried out throughout the country, as well as 285 impact operations focused on 13 specific crimes directed against children and adolescents.

“We achieved the creation of a very important group that is the Transnational Crimes Investigative Unit, which goes hand in hand with the Homeland Security Investigation of the United States and that tries to dismantle and detect transnational criminal networks with the focus on the crime of exploitation. sexual and commercial use of boys, girls and adolescents. “We have managed to identify more than 90 victims and rescue 48 adolescents who were being sexually exploited from the hands of these criminals,” indicated Colonel Juan Pablo Cubides, director of Protection and Special Services.

With the creation of this group, 8 transnational pedophiles were captured, and more than 980 alerts of sexual exploitation have been received. At the same time, the dismantling of 65 criminal structures and the capture of more than 2,000 individuals involved in criminal activities were also achieved.

With information from: Blu Radio

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