Proetica: Eliminate Congressional Immunity to Strengthen Anti-Corruption

Peru’s National Council for Public Ethics, Proetica, said Thursday that a proposal to eliminate congressional immunity would strengthen anti-corruption efforts, state news agency Andina reported. Proetica executive director Cecilia Blondet said that during the previous legislature some lawmakers used the immunity as a “shield” to dodge justice. “If we want a true anti-corruption shock we will [...]

Peru Auditor Says At Least $25.24 Million Lost In Last Two years

The Peruvian state has lost more than 68.94 million soles (approximately $25.24 million) during the last two years of ex-President Alan Garcia’s administration, according to a report by the comptroller general, Fuad Khoury. Khoury said that the figure only refers to works that have been audited so far, including social programs, roads and draining projects, and [...]

Peru Auditor Finds More than 10,000 Cases Of Gov’t Irregularities In Garcia’s Final Years

Peru’s Comptroller General, Fuad Khoury, said Wednesday there were 10,659 cases of government irregularities during the final years of former President Alan Garcia’s administration, daily La Republica reported. Khoury said during a presentation to the Congressional committee that his office had opened 29,405 reports for 2,369 government agencies between January 2009 and July 2011, when Garcia stepped [...]

Garcia highlights achievements and offers apology in final address to the nation

President Alan Garcia delivered his last message to the nation in Congress Wednesday, highlighting his government’s successes over the past five years and apologizing to those he may have offended. Garcia, 62, stepped down the following day,Thursday, succeeded by left-leaning former military officer Ollanta Humala.  Accompanied by his cabinet members, he attended the Te Deum and mass in the [...]

Supreme Court confirms Fujimori’s sentence for corruption

The Supreme Court has turned down an appeal by former President Alberto Fujimori and confirmed the sentence of seven and a half years for a conviction on corruption. The Court also ordered the payment of S/.3 million (just over US$1 m) as civil reparation to the State, which is to be paid by Fujimori and [...]

Law 29703 comes under fire for being “pro-corruption”

Legislation that was approved recently by Peru’s Congress, which holds public servants criminally responsible for corruption only if it causes economic damage to the State is coming under fire, with President-elect Ollanta Humala calling it a “pro-corruption” law.  Congressional members of his party filed a petition to repeal the law. “It would seem to be a pro-corruption law. It [...]

Police arrest 17-year-old suspect in murder of journalist

Peruvian police have arrested a 17-year-old alleged to have killed journalist Julio Cesar Castillo in Viru, La Libertad department earlier this month, daily Peru. 21 reported. The youth, whose alias is Deybi, was arrested over the weekend in the north coast town. “Various witnesses have identified [him] as the hit man who shot the journalist,” Police Colonel [...]

San Martin proposes better institutional coordination to tackle money laundering

Peru’s challenges in cracking down on money laundering is largely due to a lack of coordination between its national police, the financial intelligence unit, UIF, and public prosecutors, according to the president of the judiciary, Cesar San Martin. He also said the three institutions lack personnel experiences in investigating financial, banking, accounting and economic material. [...]

OAS head calls on greater international cooperation to combat corruption

The secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, called on greater international cooperation to fight corruption, state news agency Andina reported. “Extradition, combating money laundering, the recovery of assets, and denying entry to corrupt civil servants and those that corrupt, are actions that we should adopt,” said Insulza. Insulza made [...]

Peru D.A. to open investigation into prison pardon granted to ex-TV owner

The district attorney in charge of corruption crimes is to open a preliminary investigation into the pardon granted earlier this month by President Garcia to former TV mogul José Enrique Crousillat. The investigation is being made into possible irregularities in the request for the pardon. The former majority shareholder of America Television was sentenced last [...]

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