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Peru: Lima Court managed to repatriate over US$1 million from corruption

09:09 | Lima, Dec. 4.

The 21st Liquidating Criminal Chamber of the Court in Lima, headed by Judge Liz Huisa Felix, obtained the confiscation and adjudication of US$1,099,623.64 from Luxembourg in favor of the Peruvian State through International Judicial Cooperation.

The money was in a bank account under the name of James Eliot Stone Cohen, a fugitive Peruvian businessman linked to Vladimiro Montesinos Torres.

After an intensive effort, the 21st Liquidating Criminal Court in Lima managed to have the Luxembourg Court declare admissible the repatriation of more than US$1,000,000, plus interest generated, from account No. 152279 of Union Bancaire Privee (Luxembourg) under the name of Stone Cohen.

The confiscated money is about to be handed over to the Peruvian State, with the only pending issue being the determination of the method by which said handover will be made.

It must be determined by the Luxembourg Court, which will notify the Peruvian State to comply with the protocols.

It should be noted that, from 2019 to date and as a result of final sentences, €9,719,670.74 has been recovered from the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and US$16,380,538.54 from the Swiss Confederation, all derived from bank accounts related to the criminal organization led by Montesinos Torres.

So far in 2024, this Liquidating Criminal Chamber has obtained the delivery of money from civil reparations worth a total of S/18,384,939.50 (US$4,907,885.61), with S/3,292,096.76 (US$878,829.88) pending delivery from judicial auctions carried out by this office.

As is known, Vladimiro Montesinos Torres is a former advisor to ex-President Alberto Fujimori, who ruled the country from 1990 to 2000. Fujimori passed away on September 11, 2024.

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Publicado: 4/12/2024