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Peru’s Constitutional Court Upholds Preventive Detention and Interpol Arrest Notices for Eliane Karp

The ruling keeps coercive measures in force in the Ecoteva money‑laundering case pending efforts to secure her return through international cooperation.

Overview

  • Karp’s habeas corpus to annul the 18‑month preventive detention and arrest orders was declared unfounded, leaving the 2017 measures intact.
  • The court found the original rulings were sufficiently reasoned, citing links to alleged laundering operations and a high risk of flight due to her lack of ties in Peru.
  • Karp resides in Israel, and Peru’s extradition request faces legal and diplomatic hurdles because the countries lack a treaty.
  • Prosecutors have reserved proceeding to judge her because she is absent and Peruvian law does not allow a conviction in absentia.
  • Alejandro Toledo, convicted in the related Ecoteva case, is serving a 13‑year, 4‑month prison sentence in Barbadillo, while Karp has said she will not return unless the measures are lifted.