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The judicial funnel of extortion complaints

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Operational and cargo security22-seguridad-operativa.md
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Cargo theft, extortion and private securityseguridad-operativa
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Security/seguridad
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According to CIEN (January 2024), of about 110,000 complaints filed with the Public Prosecutor's Office (MP) over 12 years, 20% were still active (22,000) and 80% closed (88,000); of those closed, 69% were shelved, 24% dismissed and only 6% reached a verdict (5,200 cases); about 8,000 people have been sentenced, 88% of them convicted. The funnel explains why the public response does not replace private protocols.

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Extortion complaints to the MPCIEN
~110,000 in 12 yearsas of 2024
Closed cases reaching a verdictCIEN
6% (5,200)as of 2024
ConvictionsCIEN
88% of ~8,000 sentencedas of 2024

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