During the meeting at the UN headquarters, the Head of State reaffirmed that combating transnational organized crime is a national priority, highlighting the United Nations' role in addressing this urgent challenge in a comprehensive and coordinated manner.
Both officials discussed strengthening UNODC's cooperation and technical assistance to Peru, focusing on the implementation of effective and concrete measures.
Likewise, they addressed the institutional capacities needed to prevent, investigate, and combat criminal networks and the financial structures that sustain their illicit activities.
The meeting was attended by Foreign Affairs Minister Carlos Espa and Peru's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Carlos Pareja, as well.
Within this framework, the officials also addressed the growing convergence of illegal mining and logging with drug trafficking, human trafficking, money laundering, and corruption.
The Foreign Affairs Minister said the meeting with the UNODC Executive Director was very important, lengthy, and fruitful.
"There is an increasingly established consensus that these transnational criminal organizations operate without respecting national borders," Minister Espa stated.
"Therefore, a multilateral effort by all countries around the world is necessary to combat these organizations, which threaten countries' national sovereignty," he added.
Moreover, they reviewed cooperation on alternative development, illicit crop monitoring, and port and container control, as well as UNODC's support for Peru's initiative to establish a South American Ports Alliance.