LIMA,PERÚ-ABRIL 26. El Primer ministro, Pedro Cateriano, preside la "XXXIII Conferencia internacional para el control de drogas-IDEC".Foto:ANDINA/Oscar Farje Gomero.
Peru's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) detected in 2015 suspicious money-laundering operations for a value of US$250 million related to drug-trafficking activities, Interior Minister Jose Luis Perez Guadalupe reported on Tuesday.
"Last year, UIF tracked down money laundering operations worth US$250 million, originated from drug trafficking activities. This is a great concern for the community gathered here [...]," Guadalupe said during his speech at the 33rd International Drug Enforcement Conference (IDEC 2016).
Likewise, he indicated that corresponding investigations have been conducted by the Prosecutor’s Office and the Peruvian National Police's Money Laundering Unit.
During the event, the official also mentioned the country managed to eradicate 36,000 hectares of illegal coca crops in 2015; more than 100,000 hectares over the last 5 years; and seize 8,516 metric tonnes of chemical inputs by 2015-end.
IDEC
Guadalupe participated on Tuesday in the inauguration ceremony of IDEC 2016 running in Lima from April 26th-28th, 2016.
The three-day meeting will gather authorities and antidrug tsars from 124 countries.
Working teams from Europe, Asia, North Africa, the Caribbean, Central and South America also take part in the international event.
(END) FHG/CCR/HMC/MVB
Published: 4/26/2016