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Peru Anti-Corruption Prosecutors Report 1,994 Convictions in 2025

The annual FECOF balance presents the prosecutions as a transparency effort that underscores limited resources and heavy caseloads.

Overview

  • Courts ordered S/83,438,222.14 in civil reparations to the State arising from these corruption cases.
  • Those convicted included 891 public officials, 597 state employees and 506 private actors, with 76 mayors, 177 regional or municipal managers and 170 police officers among them.
  • Prosecutors carried out 22 operations and mega-operations as judges approved 111 pretrial detention requests tied to corruption investigations.
  • Judges authorized 232 bank-secrecy lifts and 379 communications lifts, leading to cash seizures of S/723,175 and USD 3,340 and asset seizures valued at more than S/775,000 and USD 42,000.
  • Convictions were concentrated in Cusco (59), Áncash (47), Arequipa (47), Junín (47) and Ayacucho (43), with the most common offenses being simple embezzlement (162), aggravated collusion (117) and incompatible negotiation or abuse of office (110).