corruption has contaminated almost all spaces of the daily life of Peruvians, which they pay bribes even for information about their sick relatives in public hospitals.
For this reason, the Court ruled 1,994 convictions for corruption of officials in 2025, in processes with which these people were made to pay 83 million 438 thousand 222.14 soles of civil reparation in favor of the State.
The Prosecutors Specialized in Crimes of Corruption of Officials (FECOF) were in charge of managing these cases. In their investigations, he was prosecuted and sentenced to 891 officials, 597 public servants and 506 individuals (extraneus) who participated in illegal acts.
In the first two cases, there is 76 mayors and three regional governors sentenced, as well as 48 teachers. In addition, 170 officers and subordinates of the National Police of Peru and 177 managers, between regional and municipal, convicted of corruption crimes, as well as another 1,520 convictions.
In total there were 938 convictions, 232 were ordered lifted banking secrecy and 379 uprising of the communications secret and 214 computer equipment was seized.
For example, last year the Temporary Collegiate Criminal Court of Ate ruled for Rosa Vasquez Squareregional governor of Lima, 9 years and 5 months in prison and the payment of civil reparation of 100 thousand soles.
These facts frame a set of alleged irregularities detected in contracting processes and acquisition of goods and services during the administration of the official between 2023 and 2025.
The police officers were also sentenced. Jhon Alarcón, Christian Acosta and Elvis Salcedo for the crime of abuse of authority to the detriment of four citizens arbitrarily detained at the Santa Elizabeth police station, in San Juan de Lurigancho.
The third PNP non-commissioned officer also received a sentence of 5 years in prison, Luis Cotrinafor the crime of influence peddling by receiving S/ 88 thousand under the promise of interceding in an admission process at the institution’s school.
Among the sentenced mayors is Marco Ventura, mayor of the district of Jacas Chico, Huánuco, for a crime against the public administration in the form of malicious embezzlement due to appropriation to the detriment of the municipality.
111 with preventive detention
During 2025, 22 judicially authorized operations and mega-operations were carried out, and 111 legal requirements were declared founded. preventive detention for investigated.
In terms of financial and evidentiary intelligence, the prosecutors managed to get the Judiciary to declare 232 requests for surveys of the banking secrecy and 379 communications reserve lifts.
These actions allowed the seizure of S/ 723 thousand 175 and USD 3,340 in cash, as well as assets valued, together, at more than S/ 775 thousand and USD 42,000.
Among the crimes with the highest conviction incidence are: simple embezzlement (162 convictions), followed by aggravated collusion (117) and incompatible negotiation or improper use of the position (110).
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Among the fiscal districts where the highest number of convictions for corruption crimes were obtained are Cusco (59 convictions), Áncash, Arequipa and Junín (47 convictions each) and Ayacucho (43).
More than 15 thousand complaints under investigation
The coordinator of the Prosecutor’s Offices Specialized in Corruption of Officials (Fecof), Omar Tello Rosales, He pointed out that there are more than 15 thousand complaints of acts of corruption that are being investigated in the country at this time.
He explained that it is a worrying situation “because it does not go down”, because in the 2024 were convicted 2,078 officials and servants. The prosecutors have gone out to carry out an investigation in a sacrificial task and rest assured that the cases being investigated will be made known, because we are going to prioritize these cases, said Tello.
He explained that corruption of officials occurs mainly due to a combination of impunity, lack of ethics and weak institutional systems that encourage the abuse of power for personal gain. Factors like the social inequalitycultural acceptance and the lack of transparency in public administration facilitate these practices.
