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Argentina advances in criminal justice with technical support from Justicia Forense

In December 2025, Forensic Justice was honored to conduct a one-week technical assistance visit to Argentina. The amended federal law on DNA databases is already in the implementation phase. Technical visits were conducted with the new Minister of Security, Mg. Alejandra Monteoliva, and her team, to discuss implementation strategies and activities. This was complemented by […]

The Province of Santa Fe promotes criminal justice modernisation with a genetic fingerprint registry.

José Corral, project leader.

The Senate approves in plenary session the “Sofia Law” bill to strengthen the National Bank of Genetic Profiles.

Con la participación de 59 senadores y una votación de 58 a favor, la plenaria del Senado aprobó en segundo debate el proyecto de “Ley Sofía”, que busca fortalecer el Banco Nacional de Perfiles Genéticos con fines de investigación judicial en materia penal. Este avance representa un paso significativo para robustecer las entidades judiciales del […]

The Senate passed into law the expansion of the National Registry of Genetic Data for criminal investigation.

On Thursday, the Argentine Senate approved the bill that modifies the expansion of the National Registry of Genetic Data for the identification of perpetrators of all types of crimes, including all crimes defined in the criminal code.

The law that seeks to strengthen the National Bank of Genetic Profiles in Colombia passed its first debate in the First Commission of the Senate.

With an absolute majority vote, the First Constitutional Commission of the Senate approved in first debate, last Thursday, September 25, Bill No. 138 of 2004 “whereby the National Bank of Genetic Profiles is strengthened for judicial investigation purposes in criminal matters and other provisions are enacted”. The bill was filed in the General Secretariat of the Senate of the Republic of Colombia since August 20 of this year.

The House of Representatives approved the bill that extends the registration of genetic data to all crimes.

The Chamber of Deputies approved a bill that establishes the expansion of the National Registry of Genetic Data linked to Crimes against Sexual Integrity (RNDG), with the aim of collaborating in the genetic identification of all types of criminal investigation. The purpose of this reform is to add new attributions to the organism created in […]

Authorities of the City of Buenos Aires make progress in the creation of a Genetic Data Bank for Criminal Investigations

Attorney General Juan Bautista Mahiques and the Public Prosecutor’s Office are seeking to create a genetic data bank for criminal investigations in the City of Buenos Aires. In this regard, federal prosecutor Juan Bautista Mahiques signed a letter of understanding with the U.S. consulting firm Gordon Thomas Honeywell Government Relations (GTH) to advance in the […]

The International Conference on Forensic Genetics is being held in Ecuador.

During this May 14 and 15, in the facilities of the Auditorium of the National Service
of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, is taking place the International Conference on Forensic Genetics: “Biological Evidence at the Crime Scene”.

Important visit of GTH-DNA leaders in Argentina

GTH-DNA President Tim Schellberg and Forensic Justice DNA Latin America campaign founders Kevin Mills and Daniela Suarez visit Argentina to advance the development of a national and provincial policy on forensic DNA databases.

DNA sample is key to solving the 1994 Colombian crime.

Once again, advances in scientific research techniques and DNA technology help in the search for the truth for victims and support, with judicial evidence, the relevance of the “Justicia Forense – DNA Latin America” project.