Colombia secret police face wiretap scandal

Colombia is investigating its secret police over allegations of illegal wiretapping.

Five unnamed officials from the DAS domestic intelligence agency have told a magazine that agents have unlawfully recorded judges, politicians and journalists.

The head of DAS Felipe Munoz says an investigation is being set up to determine whether rogue agents illegally intercepted information and passed it on to criminals.

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Colombian prosecutors probe illegal wiretap scandal

BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombian state prosecutors swooped on headquarters of the national intelligence agency on Sunday to probe charges that rogue agents illegally wiretapped politicians and judges as a paid favor to drug traffickers.

The telephone bugging accusations are the latest scandal to rock the state security agency, known as DAS, and could further stain President Alvaro Uribe’s campaign to stamp out corruption of state law enforcement in the world’s top cocaine supplier.

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Colombia police in wiretap probe

Colombia’s secret police is under investigation over claims rogue agents may have intercepted phone calls and passed on information to criminals.

Magistrates, politicians, officials and journalists may have had phones tapped.

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