In ten months of intense work, a total of 984 victims of human trafficking They were rescued by the National Police of Peru (PNP) in 110 operations carried out against this scourge in that country.
General Ulises Guillén, head of the Police Directorate against Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling, told Associated Press that from January to the beginning of October, police operations have found more Venezuelan women than Peruvian victims of this crime.
According to figures sent to AP, 589 Venezuelans were rescued, of which 28 were minors.
The police also rescued 221 Peruvians, 100 Ecuadorians, 14 Colombians, three Bolivians, one Dominican and one Argentine.
The Ministry of the Interior of Peru reported through its social network Twitter @MininterPeru that the Peruvian police dismantled 9 criminal gangs and a criminal organization dedicated to this crime.
Of the total victims rescued so far in 2022, 94% are women (925), of which 221 are Peruvians and 704 foreign citizens of different ages, details a Press release of the Peruvian Ministry of the Interior.
According to data from the Peruvian Police, law enforcement officials carried out 110 operations and 6 mega-operations that allowed the dismantling of 9 criminal gangs and a criminal organization dedicated to this criminal offense.
As a result of the police actions, the Directorate of Trafficking in Persons and Illicit Smuggling of Migrants of the National Police of Peru (DIRCTPTIM) arrested 118 people, with 71 people intervened of Peruvian nationality and 45 of foreign nationality.
In addition, two people requested by the Peruvian justice system were arrested.
Lima leads the list of regions with the highest number of victims rescued by the crime of human trafficking. They are followed by Puno, Madre de Dios, Cusco and Arequipa.
