Citizen insecurity: how do businessmen in central Lima deal with extortion cases?

President of the Association of Entrepreneurs “Round Table” Alberto Cieza; and representative of the Amazonas business conglomerate, Jesús Flores Takiri; expressed concern about the insecurity of citizens in News Extension after the Peruvian National Police (PNP) dismantled three gangs engaged in extortion and kidnapping of businessmen.

250 ransomware calls per day

Alberto Cieza confirmed that extortion calls affected all businessmen Round table after the COVID-19 pandemic, for this reason, PNP was applied and results were obtained. “We are being told that there are more than 250 ransomware calls a day,” he said.

The businessman noted that direct communication and joint work with the Ministry of Internal Affairs made it possible to achieve success in terms of strengthening the security of citizens and the frontal fight against extortionists.

“There are three (captured) extortion, assassination and hitman gangs that are chasing commercial conglomerates in Lima. It encourages us because we are coming out of a pandemic, an economic crisis, political problems and find ourselves in what the extortionist calls…,” he said.

Except, Alberto Cieza He clarified that one cannot say that all crime has been eradicated in commercial conglomerates, since domestic violence and organized crime still persist.

“We have experience working last year with the Ministry of the Interior to get rid of those gangs that traded on public roads. We have that evil again in Mesa Redonda. Now we need to further strengthen our rapprochement with the Ministry. internal affairs, because we have to adapt to the current reality,” he said.

“They are paid for security”

Jesus Flores He stressed that with time and coordinated work with the PNP, the area between Abancay Avenue and Huanta Girón has become “more secure”.

“It’s an area that’s safe now, where tourists stay or make backpacks, as well as book sellers. Today you can safely walk into this area, but before there were robberies, and even agents were victims,” he said. .

The businessman clarified that extortionists and criminal groups are now “pursuing” backpack manufacturers with stores in the cones of Lima.

“Some pay, basically in cones, which they pay if they see you are taking out the goods and you are a businessman, they ask you if they are paying them for security and they don’t make their payments very visible,” he said.

For Jesus Flores The best way to deal with the insecurity of citizens is based on the coordinated work of the state, municipalities and Mypes.

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