Colombia detects about $20B in financial activities likely tied to money laundering in over three years, officials say, as the South American country cracks down on fraud
Colombia's penal code outlines 66 types of crimes linked to money laundering including drugs and arms trafficking, customs fraud and people smuggling.
The funds were detected through more than 20,000 suspicious activity reports flagged each year by the Financial Information and Analysis Unit , officials said on Tuesday.
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