Overview

• Three bars weighing 27.86 kilograms were stopped as they were being prepared for export to India and Italy.
• The immobilized gold remains under custody in an airport company warehouse in Callao pending definitive seizure.
• The preliminary investigation targets Jorge Zuazo, Jesús Maldonado, Manuel Maldonado and a mining company over alleged laundering linked to illegal mining in Arequipa.
• SUNAT reports that most of the firm’s 86 suppliers could not verify the minerals’ legal origin or identify the company’s partners, and it found income discrepancies.
• The operation was led by prosecutor Luz Taquire with support from PNP-Dirila, SUNAT, criminalistics experts and assistant prosecutor Mabel Tucto.