According to an indictment by Peru’s public prosecutor’s office, Álvarez extorted, threatened and ordered the assassination ...

A Q&A with Julia Yansura from FACT Coalition on how criminal groups capitalize on this multibillion-dollar industry and what ...

Reports of extortion are rising again in Peru, in part because victims are more willing to seek help from the authorities.

Peru's one-house Congress Friday approved ... his post citing his failure to address rising citizen insecurity, organized crime, and urban violence. This outcome was spurred by events like the ...

Peru’s Congress on Friday voted to dismiss ... allow for the deployment of soldiers to help police crack down on organized crime. Racketeering — part of a crime wave that has spread to many ...

" Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzen on Thursday underscored that the transport strike held today in Metropolitan Lima and Callao region was peaceful, and that those who organized it behaved in a civic ...

Peru is no stranger to emergencies of this ... with corrupt public officials and foreign partners. According to Organized Crime Index , these criminal networks include police officers and ...