Agencia ITRC

What Agencia ITRC does

Agencia ITRC (Agencia del Inspector General de Tributos, Rentas y Contribuciones Parafiscales) is a Colombian government oversight agency established in 2011 as a Unidad Administrativa Especial via Decreto 4173 and attached to the Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público. The agency holds exclusive legal mandate to investigate and sanction serious disciplinary infractions (faltas disciplinarias gravísimas) committed by public servants of three revenue-administration entities: DIAN (tax and customs), UGPP (pension and parafiscal contributions), and COLJUEGOS (national gambling monopoly). Its mission is to protect public patrimony from fraud, corruption, and inefficiency in the administration of fiscal resources, and it is headquartered at Calle 26 No. 69-63, Piso 6, Bogotá D.C.

ITRC's core operations span four service lines: (1) the Sistema de Prevención del Fraude y Corrupción (SPFC), which produces annual reports from 2015 through 2025 documenting fraud patterns; (2) Investigación Disciplinaria, which conducts first- and second-instance disciplinary proceedings; (3) Auditoría y Gestión del Riesgo, which executes the annual inspection programs (PAI) and process/technology audits of DIAN, UGPP, and COLJUEGOS; and (4) the Observatorio ITRC, a public anti-corruption observatory organized around measurement, education, and participation axes. Supporting platforms include a PQRSDF citizen complaint system, an online reporting portal (denuncias), legal notification services, an open data portal, and the annual CIPREP international congress inaugurated in 2025. The agency exercises judicial police functions under Article 202 of Law 906 of 2004, coordinating investigations with the Fiscalía General de la Nación.

The agency is fully funded through Colombia's Presupuesto General de la Nación and generates no commercial revenue; all citizen-facing services are provided free of charge. Staff of more than 100 public servants includes specialized financial auditors, legal auditors, process auditors, systems auditors, business intelligence analysts, expert disciplinary lawyers, and judicial police personnel, with international training drawn from the U.S. DEA, IRS, Secret Service, ICITAP-OPDAT, UK SOCA, AFP Australia, Dutch National Police, and U.S. Coast Guard. The agency's competitive position rests on its exclusive legal mandate, unique statutory data access from the three supervised entities, and integrated audit-intelligence-disciplinary structure. Organizational restructurings occurred in 2012 (Decretos 985/986), January 2022 (Decretos 074/075), and May 2024 (Decreto 0664); current leadership comprises Eva Carolina Madrid Torres (Directora General), Herbert Harbey Romero Ríos (Subdirector de Instrucción Disciplinaria), Marisol Niño Vargas (Subdirectora Técnica de Asuntos Legales), and Vladimir Ruzynke Casta単o (Subdirector de Auditoría y Gestión del Riesgo).

Name

Agencia ITRC

Legal name

Unidad Administrativa Especial Agencia del Inspector General de Tributos, Rentas y Contribuciones Parafiscales

Website

https://itrc.gov.co

Company type

Public

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Agencia ITRC is a Colombian government agency that investigates, audits, and disciplines public servants of DIAN, UGPP, and COLJUEGOS, executing anti-corruption and fiscal oversight over Colombia's tax, customs, and revenue administration.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Oversight and Anti-Corruption Services

NAICS

Public Administration (92), Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities (922)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHAFAL

Fraud Risk Management & Anti-Bribery/Anti-Corruption (ABAC)

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Risk, Compliance & Governance Advisory

SECONDARYBPAIADAE

Audit, Compliance Monitoring & Investigations

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Tax, Revenue & Customs Administration

SECONDARYBPAIAEAH

Financial Risk, Controls & Audit (Public Sector)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Public Finance, Treasury & Procurement

Keywords

• Government fiscal oversight
• Anti-corruption investigations
• Disciplinary proceedings
• Public revenue auditing
• Tax administration supervision

Headquarters

HQ city

Bogotá D.C.

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government Budget Allocation: As a Colombian national government agency (Unidad Administrativa Especial) attached to the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público), ITRC is funded through the national general budget (Presupuesto General de la Nación). The agency does not generate commercial revenue.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Agencia ITRC (Agencia del Inspector General de Tributos, Rentas y Contribuciones Parafiscales) is a Colombian government oversight agency that audits, investigates, and sanctions public servants of three supervised entities — DIAN, UGPP, and COLJUEGOS — for fraud, corruption, and serious disciplinary infractions related to tax, customs, parafiscal, and gambling revenue administration. It runs disciplinary proceedings in first and second instance, publishes the Sistema de Prevención del Fraude y Corrupción (SPFC) annual reports, and operates the Observatorio ITRC for public transparency and analysis.

Product overview

Agencia ITRC is a Colombian government agency that operates as a unified platform for anti-corruption and fiscal oversight services. The agency's core offerings include: (1) the Sistema de Prevención del Fraude y Corrupción (SPFC) for anti-corruption prevention; (2) Investigación Disciplinaria for conducting disciplinary proceedings against public servants; (3) Auditoría y Gestión del Riesgo for auditing tax and customs operations; and (4) the Observatorio ITRC for statistical analysis and research. Supporting services include a citizen complaint system (PQRSDF), online reporting platform, legal notifications, and the annual CIPREP international congress. The agency does not offer a commercial product but provides governmental oversight services to supervised entities including DIAN, UGPP, and COLJUEGOS.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sistema de Prevención del Fraude y Corrupción (SPFC)

Quantifiable outcome

• Annual inspection programs (PAI) executed continuously from 2013 to 2026 across all three supervised entities
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público de ColombiacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011ITRC is an entity attached (adscrita) to the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit. The Ministry exercises budgetary and policy oversight over ITRC. This is the parent ministry that sets strategic direction for ITRC and includes it in the public finance management framework.
• Fiscalía General de la Nación de ColombiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerITRC exercises judicial police functions under Article 202 of Law 906 of 2004, directly coordinated with the Fiscalía. The judicial police team works jointly with the Fiscalía on investigations within ITRC's competence.
• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHerbert Harbey Romero Ríos served as Anticorruption Advisor at UNODC, working on high-impact crimes. This cooperation involves international standards, frameworks, and collaborative efforts in anti-corruption across member states.
• U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational cooperation in criminal investigation, including training and coordination of joint operations. Part of a broader network of international law enforcement agencies collaborating with ITRC personnel.
• U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational cooperation in tax administration and enforcement, contributing to ITRC's expertise in tax fraud detection and fiscal integrity.
• U.S. Secret ServicemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational cooperation providing training and expertise in financial crime investigation and protection of financial systems, enhancing ITRC's investigative capabilities.
• ICITAP-OPDAT (U.S. Department of Justice)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational criminal justice development program providing specialized training to ITRC personnel in investigation techniques, anti-corruption methodologies, and institutional capacity building.
• Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) — United KingdommajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational cooperation in organized crime investigation, contributing expertise to joint operations coordinated through international law enforcement networks.
• AFP Australia (Australian Federal Police)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational law enforcement cooperation in the framework of anti-corruption and financial crime investigations, participating in coordinated operations with ITRC personnel.
• Dutch National Police (Politie)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational cooperation in criminal investigation and police operations, part of the broader network of international law enforcement partnerships supporting ITRC's investigations.
• U.S. Coast GuardminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational maritime interdiction and enforcement training, specialized in counter-narcotics operations, forming part of the international cooperation framework available to ITRC.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• UNODC - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: UN entity mandated to combat corruption, money laundering, and financial crime globally. While not a peer in the operational sense, UNODC is a key partner for ITRC (a former ITRC executive served as UNODC anticorruption advisor), sharing methodology and frameworks relevant to ITRC's anti-corruption work.
• Transparencia por Colombia (Chapter of Transparency International): Colombian chapter of Transparency International, a global anti-corruption NGO. Not a direct operational peer but a key ecosystem participant; comparable in its measurement, education, and citizen participation anti-corruption work that parallels ITRC's Observatory ITRC.

Broad incumbents

• Office of Inspector General (US federal agencies): U.S. federal inspectors general conduct independent audits, investigations, and disciplinary referrals across federal departments. Highly comparable to ITRC in the integrated audit-investigation-sanction model applied to public revenue administration, as referenced in ITRC's cooperation with US agencies.
• Secretaría de la Función Pública (Mexico): Mexico's federal entity overseeing public administration integrity, including disciplinary procedures for federal public servants. Comparable to ITRC in disciplinary oversight authority and anti-corruption focus, but operating at a national-federal scale over a much broader mandate.
• OLAF - European Anti-Fraud Office: European Union body investigating fraud, corruption, and misconduct affecting EU funds. Comparable to ITRC in dedicated anti-fraud mandate, intelligence-led investigation methodology, and international cooperation protocols, though operating at a supranational scale.

Direct peers

• Fiscalía General de la Nación de Colombia: Colombia's national prosecutor's office, with which ITRC conducts joint investigations via its judicial police team. Highly comparable in criminal investigation capacity and anti-corruption mandate, with broader criminal jurisdiction but no specialized fiscal/revenue focus.
• Procuraduría General de la Nación de Colombia: Colombia's inspector general and disciplinary authority for public servants. Directly comparable to ITRC in conducting disciplinary investigations and sanctions against public officials for misconduct, though with a wider jurisdictional reach across the entire public sector.
• UIAF - Unidad de Información y Análisis Financiero: Colombia's financial intelligence unit responsible for detecting money laundering and terrorism financing. Comparable to ITRC in its intelligence/analytics mandate over financial flows and its role in supporting anti-corruption and financial crime investigations.
• Contraloría General de la República de Colombia: Colombia's supreme audit institution responsible for fiscal oversight of public resources. Directly comparable to ITRC in its oversight mandate over public finances, though broader in scope (covering all public entities), making ITRC a specialized counterpart focused on revenue-side oversight.

Regional players

• Contraloría General de la República de Chile: Chile's supreme audit institution with constitutional autonomy. Comparable to ITRC in fiscal oversight of public revenue and disciplinary authority over public servants, though operating in a different jurisdiction with broader scope across the Chilean state.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AgenciaITRC
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCSbSdU7B2qaBcf363tIUi9A
• Facebookfacebook.com/agenciaitrc
• Instagraminstagram.com/agenciaitrc_
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/agencia-itrc

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

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