Bogota: Urban pirates operate as mafia in coordination with officials

Developments pirate, counterfeit and informal writings have been common farm and even Bogota traditional, and generally in cities of rapid urban growth. Bogota has seen increasing these actions in the last decade, in general situations seeking to extract urban rents. These phenomena in other countries are classified as “urban crime”. However, the Colombian Criminal Code is still far to include several of these characterizations.It was believed that such situations are committed by people randomly and isolated, but behind these actions are mafia, known as the “tierreros” which are massively criminal networks seeking different types of urban rents, lawyers, notaries, local mayors and entrepreneurs make up this complex network. Read Article