Abstract

OCHOA-DIAZ, Alex Gabriel  and  PARAMO, Pablo. Profile of the extortionists' modus operandi in Caquetá, Colombia. Rev. logos cienc. tecnol. [online]. 2021, vol.13, n.2, pp.103-114.  Epub July 28, 2021. ISSN 2145-594X.  https://doi.org/10.22335/rlct.v13i2.1391.

The purpose of this article was to characterizes the phenomenon of extortion as a criminal practice in the department of Caquetá, Colombia, from a general profile derived from the identification of some variables differentiating the modus operandi of the main authors of this felony. The analysis of 52 cases of extortion in the region was carried out based on the systematization of the complaints filed by the victims, which allowed extracting the variables that characterize this crime. The information was systematized and analyzed with the Multidimensional Scalogram Analysis (Msa) software which allowed to presume that extortion is structured showing the similarity in the actions of the different criminal groups and the modalities of extortion they use. The importance of the analysis focused on the Msa for the profiling of the crime of extortion and its implications for other crimes within the criminal investigation is discussed.

Keywords : criminality; extortion; guerrilla; criminological profile; terrorists' profiles; MSA.

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