The Plenary of Congress approved this Thursday the opinion that proposes exceptional measures to confront the crimes of extortion and contract killings in public transportation and cargo companies.
The initiative obtained 90 votes in favor, 2 against and 3 abstentions, and was exempt from a second vote. The norm, originally promoted by the current President of the Republic, José Jerí, was ruled by the National Defense, Internal Order and Fight against Drugs commissions, as well as by the Transportation and Communications Commission.
According to reports, the text was agreed upon with various State institutions, including the ministries of the Interior, Transportation, Justice, the MEF, the Judiciary, the Public Ministry and transport unions.
The president of the Defense Commission, Karol Paredes, explained that the proposal responds to “the need for an exceptional response from the State in the face of a structural and organized criminal phenomenon.”
“Extortion and hitmen in public transportation affect not only the popular economy, but also legal security and the fundamental right to life,” he said.
Among the main provisions of the ruling are the creation of a National Registry of Vulnerable Transport Companies, the temporary intervention of routes and concessions at risk of crime, the exchange of information between Sunat, the SBS and the National Police to detect money laundering, the special supervision of terminals by the Ministry of the Interior and the coordination of prosecutors specialized in organized crime for linked cases.
Paredes stressed that the measures do not replace the ordinary criminal framework, but rather strengthen it with intelligence tools and inter-institutional coordination.
For his part, the president of the Transportation Commission, Juan Carlos Mori, recalled that the opinion is the result of seven working groups in which representatives of the Executive, the Judiciary, the Prosecutor’s Office and the transport unions participated.
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