Colombia to seize $1.5 billion in criminal assets

Colombia’s chief prosecutor said  that his office is ready to seize over two thousand properties held by drug lords and illegal groups to the value of over $1.5 billion.

At a legal summit in Washington DC, Prosecutor General Nestor Humberto Martinez said his administration is aiming to seize the assets of illegal armed groups in order to dismantle them financially thus rendering them powerless.

Source: Colombia Reports