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- Kidnappings in Peru: over 5,300 reported cases projected by year's end
- Children caught in Peruvian crime wave: 67 adolescents killed in 2026
- Five suspected extortionists arrested in Cercado de Lima over quota collection from traders
- Mayor's brother in Pataz shot dead in Trujillo
- Life sentence for four murderers of environmental defender Roberto Pacheco in Madre de Dios
- Prosecutor from FECOR in Callao receives death threats for investigating organised crime
- Life sentence for four convicted of murder of environmental defender Roberto Pacheco in Madre de Dios
- Prosecutor threatened with death in Callao for investigating Los Injertos
- Five arrested for extorting street vendors in Manzanilla, Cercado de Lima
- Illegal mining and money laundering threaten Peru's formal economy
- Major operation in North Lima: more than 500 police and military personnel against crime
- Peruvian military reinforces security at five prisons in Lima and Trujillo
- Peru declares state of emergency in five high-security prisons over organised crime
- Peru evaluates classifying criminal gangs as hostile groups for military intervention
- Second businessman convicted in Saweto murder case arrested in Peru
- Peruvian judges decline to apply crime-favourable law to fugitive general condemned for forced disappearance
- Lawyer murdered in Pacasmayo was legal arm of criminal network, according to PNP
- Peru and Chile strengthen judicial cooperation against organised crime in cyberspace
- Police officer charged with femicide in Huancayo: 7 months' preventive detention and life sentence requested
- Andean Court admits lawsuit against Peru over illegal mining in the Nanay River
- Four police officers received up to 1,000 soles daily to protect fraud network at Lima Metro
- Digital fraud in Peruvian banks: synthetic identities and password fatigue raise alerts
- Peruvian judiciary requests Paraguay to expand extradition of 'The Monster' for homicide and organised crime
- Cusco: police detain gang accused of stealing over 700,000 soles from supermarket chain
- Police identify organisers of the 'Lima Takeover'
- Brazil's Supreme Court annuls evidence sent to Peru in Toledo-Odebrecht case
- Leader of Tren de Aragua in Chile, "R15", arrested in Peru
- Head of Tren de Aragua in Chile arrested in Lima with help from FBI and Peruvian police
- Four dead and one missing in Trujillo attack: assailants disguised as police officers
- Gang 'Los Pulpos' investigated for kidnapping and four deaths in Trujillo
- Uchuraccay massacre: victim's son questions official version 43 years on
- Police vehicle escorted perpetrators of massacre and kidnapping in Trujillo
- Cloned-plate van used in kidnapping and quadruple homicide in Trujillo; PNP rules out Interior Ministry link
- Former official questions police death following massacre and kidnapping in Trujillo
- Massacre and kidnapping in Trujillo: van linked to Interior Ministry and suspects with connections in judiciary
- Van with cloned licence plate used in kidnapping and multiple murder in Trujillo
- Leader of Los Pulpos transferred to Lima after capture in Bolivia
- Trujillo: Father and sons detained over quadruple murder and kidnapping
- Mayor of Huacullani detained for bribery in Puno following complaint over 30,000 soles
- Robbery in 40 seconds: criminals snatch van and firearm from PNP non-commissioned officer in Villa El Salvador
- 'El Italiano' sentenced to 35 years in prison for murdering Armonía 10 singer
- General PNP Revoredo highlights capture of 'Jhonsson Pulpo' following operation in Trujillo
- Bolivia extradites Jhonsson Pulpo, supreme chief of criminal gang Los Pulpos, to Peru
- Police officer dead in Trujillo: autopsy contradicts shooting account and points to fall
- Trujillo kidnapping: ex-mayor points to foreign individuals disguised as police in abduction and quadruple homicide
- Bolivia extradites Jhonsson Pulpo to Peru, top leader of Los Pulpos gang
- Leader of Indigenous Ashaninka People Murdered in Peruvian Amazon
- Five arrested for armed attack on Nueva América bus in San Juan de Miraflores
- Indigenous Ashaninka leader murdered in Peru's Ucayali region
- Andean Court admits claim against Peru over illegal mining in Nanay river
- 134 homicides in Peru in the first days of Fujimori's government: 76% committed with firearms
- Murder of lawyer in bar in Peru – security camera footage captures targeted attack
- Peru's Constitutional Court annuls 15-year sentence against Ollanta Humala
- Deliberate fire in La Victoria kills ten, including five children
- Police officer shoots dead 8-year-old boy in Huacho; sub-officer detained
- Peruvian prosecutor seeks preventive detention for police officer who killed eight-year-old in Huacho
- Police officer shoots and kills eight-year-old boy in Huacho; officer detained
- Prosecutor seeks preventive custody for police officer who killed 8-year-old child in Huacho
- Public prosecutor seeks 9 months in prison for police officer who killed 8-year-old boy in Huacho
- Constitutional Court Annuls Vladimir Cerrón's Pre-trial Detention for Organised Crime