Peru Opens Specialized Anti‑Extortion Subsystem in Trujillo

Overview

• The government formally launched the Specialized Subsystem against Extortion in Trujillo on Wednesday, creating six permanent judicial bodies that handle investigation, trial and appeals for extortion and related crimes.
• The first phase includes three preparatory investigation courts, two criminal collegiate courts and one criminal appeals chamber with supraprovincial competence and 355 redistributed cases.
• Authorities opened a new Public Defense office in Trujillo staffed by more than 30 professionals to provide defense and victim support, and the Public Defense recorded 1,671 extortion‑related attentions from January to August 2026.
• The Ministry of Justice secured more than S/15 million in budget coordination with the Economy Ministry and the Judiciary assigned over S/6 million for the subsystem's initial infrastructure, technology and staffing needs.
• Officials stressed the pilot will require sustained coordination among police, the Fiscalía, Defensa Pública and the Poder Judicial to show measurable impact and confirmed that Peru has not evaluated leaving the Inter‑American Court of Human Rights.