Colombian corruption watchdog charged in Miami for money laundering

Colombia's top anti-corruption official was arrested in Bogota on Tuesday after being charged in a federal court in Miami with conspiracy to launder money with the intent to promote foreign bribery, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement.

Luis Gustavo Moreno Rivera, 35, Colombia's national director of anti-corruption, and Leonardo Luis Pinilla Gomez, 31, an attorney practicing in Colombia, were charged on Friday in the Southern District of Florida, the statement said.

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