National Plan to Combat Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism

Organized crime relies on an ever-increasing level of sophistication to conceal illicitly obtained assets and give them the appearance of legality, making it increasingly dangerous to the security of our society. Likewise, our country has suffered the consequences of the violence unleashed by terrorist activity, which caused enormous human and economic losses. In this context, money laundering and the financing of terrorism constitute serious crimes, and effectively combating them is a priority interest of the Peruvian State, in accordance with the guidelines set out in the Acuerdo Nacional (National Accord) under its Twenty-Sixth and Thirtieth State Policies. Combating criminal and terrorist organizations at the moment they attempt to use the legal system to move assets gives us an opportunity to uncover and investigate their operations, bring those responsible to justice, strip them of their assets, and ultimately use those assets to strengthen the institutions that fight against them.