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Judi Lynn

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Fri Jul 27, 2012, 01:14 PM Jul 2012

Colombia fails to cooperate in European spying scandal: Report .

Source: Colombia Reports

Colombia fails to cooperate in European spying scandal: Report .
Friday, 27 July 2012 08:41 Adriaan Alsema

Colombia refused to cooperate with a Belgian investigation against the South American country, its former president, Alvaro Uribe, and its now-defunct intelligence agency DAS over the alleged illegal spying on European citizens, a Colombian news website reports.

According to Confidencial Colombia, the country's Prosecutor General's Office and Foreign Ministry have not responded to a Belgian court's requests to conduct investigations inside Colombia regarding an intelligence operation carried out by the DAS. "Operation Europe" reportedly intended to discredit the European judicial system, the Human Rights Commission of the European Parliament, European governments and the United Nations' High Commissioner for Human Rights.

European human rights NGOs have blamed the DAS for stealing a computer the night before a meeting with the International Criminal Court, spying, intercepting emails and phone calls, slander and threats.

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In Colombia, the presidential intelligence agency spied on Supreme Court magistrates, journalists, human rights workers and opposition politicians.

Read more: http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/25285-colombia-fails-to-cooperate-in-european-spying-scandal-report.html

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