Ley 365 de 1997

This is the preamble of Law 365 of 1997, which says the law establishes rules aimed at combating organised crime and provides other provisions.

This article amends article 42, numeral 4 of the Penal Code to read as a prohibition on exercising an art, profession, trade, industry, or commerce.

This article says the Criminal Procedure Code will include a new Article 61-A.

Si un funcionario judicial comprueba que una persona jurídica, sociedad u organización se dedicó total o parcialmente a actividades delictivas, debe ordenar a la autoridad competente cancelar su personería jurídica o cerrar sus locales o establecimientos.

This article says Article 44 of the Penal Code will read as set out below.

This article sets maximum durations for several penalties, including prison, arrest, home confinement, public-rights disqualification, bans on certain occupations, and suspension of parental authority.

This article states that Article 58 of the Penal Code will be replaced with new text.

If a crime is committed through abuse of an industry, trade, art, profession, or occupation, or by violating duties arising from it, the judge may deprive the responsible person of the right to exercise that activity for up to five years.

This provision says the Penal Code will include article 63-A, but the actual wording of that article is not shown here.

The penalty may be increased by up to half when an offence is directed or committed partly or wholly from inside a place of detention by a person deprived of liberty, or partly or wholly outside national territory.

If someone helps evade authority or obstructs investigations into certain crimes, the penalty is 4 to 12 years in prison.

This article says Penal Code Article 177 will be replaced with a new version.

A person who did not take part in a crime must not acquire, possess, convert, transfer, or otherwise hide property with criminal origins; the conduct is punishable by imprisonment and a fine.

This article replaces the text of Penal Code Article 186.

The Penal Code’s Title VII, Book II will include a third chapter called “Del lavado de Activos.”

This article criminalizes laundering assets by handling, concealing, disguising, or giving legal appearance to property tied to listed unlawful activities.

An employee or manager of a financial institution or credit savings cooperative who omits required control mechanisms to hide or cover illicit money origin faces prison and a fine.

La pena de prisión prevista en el artículo 247-A se aumenta cuando la conducta es cometida por una persona vinculada a una entidad dedicada al lavado de activos, y aumenta más si la cometen sus jefes, administradores o encargados.

If the conduct in Articles 247-A and 247-B is committed by certain business, financial-sector, or public officials, an additional penalty applies: loss of public employment or a ban on practicing the relevant trade or profession for 3 to 5 years.

This article changes item d) of article 369-A so it refers to reporting leaders of criminal organizations together with effective proof of their responsibility.

This article states that Article 37 of the Criminal Procedure Code will be replaced with a new version.

The accused may ask for an early judgment, and the prosecutor and judge have short deadlines and sentencing rules if the conditions are met.

Article 12 says Article 37-B of the Criminal Procedure Code will be replaced, but the new text is not included here.

Este artículo fija reglas comunes para los casos de los artículos 37 y 37-A: limita cómo se acumulan rebajas, equipara ciertos documentos a la resolución de acusación, permite acuerdos parciales en algunos procesos y define quién puede apelar la sentencia.

This article adds a new item to Article 71 of the Criminal Procedure Code covering certain criminal cases.

This article says that Article 340 of the Criminal Procedure Code will be replaced with a new version.

A court must declare forfeiture of property obtained through illicit enrichment or certain related harms, while protecting third-party good-faith rights.

A person convicted of aggravated conspiracy in the specified circumstances may seek anticipatory sentencing or a special hearing, and is entitled to sentence reductions for confession and effective cooperation.

This article replaces rule 4 of article 508. If there is a ban on exercising an industry, trade, art, profession, or occupation, the authorization document is to be cancelled and the issuing authority is to be notified.

This article states that Article 33 of Law 30 of 1986 will be replaced with a new version.

It prohibits handling dependence-producing drugs without permission from the competent authority, except for personal-use doses, and sets prison and fine penalties.

This article says that Article 34 of Law 30 of 1986 will be replaced with a new version.

Prohíbe destinar ilícitamente bienes muebles o inmuebles para elaborar, almacenar, transportar, vender o usar ciertas drogas, y sanciona también autorizar o tolerar esa destinación.

This article amends Article 40 of Law 30 of 1986 and states that it will read as follows.

When a judicial officer orders a security measure for certain offences, they must order preventive seizure of the accused’s non-seized property, appoint a custodian, and later order sale of the attached property in the conviction judgment.

This article states that Article 43 of Law 30 of 1986 is to be replaced by the following text.

It is illegal to bring into, take out of, transport, or possess certain chemicals and substances used to process cocaine or other dependency-producing drugs.

Si la infracción recae sobre ciertas disposiciones del Capítulo XVI, puede imponerse una multa de hasta $50.000.000, que puede repetirse mientras continúe el incumplimiento; además, el Superintendente Bancario puede ordenar la remoción inmediata del infractor.

If a violation covered by this article applies to Chapter XVI of Part Three of the Financial System Organic Statute, a fine of up to COP 1,000,000,000 may be imposed. The Banking Superintendent may also order the fined establishment to spend up to that amount on internal corrective measures agreed with the supervisory authority.

Certain cooperatives must report all cash transactions to the UIAF, and the Superintendencia de la Economía Solidaria may regulate the rule and change the reporting thresholds.

This article changes a financial-sector rule so that a transaction record must include the identity, signature, and address of the person who physically makes the transaction; if the record is electronic, a signature is not required.

This article says that article 104 of the Organic Financial System Statute will read as follows.

Las instituciones financieras deben informar periódicamente a la Superintendencia Bancaria sobre el número de transacciones en efectivo y su ubicación geográfica, siguiendo las instrucciones de ese organismo.

Esta disposición fija la vigencia de la ley, deroga y subroga varias normas, y limita los beneficios por colaboración con la justicia a los previstos en la Ley 81 de 1993 modificada por esta ley.