The prosecutor’s office is taking measures in a number of regions to curb human trafficking and smuggling of migrants

This Thursday, April 27, the State Ministry and Lima and Calla Urban Transport Authorityo (ATU) conducted a simultaneous mega-operation at the expense of anconlocated at 48 km st. Pan American Highway Northand in eight other regions of Peru.

With this operation Specialized Prosecutor for Human Trafficking Crimes (Fistrap) and ATU intervened buses and private cars to detect irregularities in passenger transfers. Among them are the alleged crimes of human trafficking and smuggling of migrants.

Operations were carried out on the main highways of Lima, Lima East, Cañete, Madre de Dios, Tacna, Puno, Tumbes and Piura with the help of personnel from Management of land transport of people, cargo and goods (Sutran) and National Police of Peru (PNP).

During vehicle intervention prosecution found minors traveling without parental permission and several foreigners with passports but no entry stamp Peru.

“Several inter-provincial buses have been deployed to take advantage of these dates due to long holidays. There were minors, some of them had permission (from their parents), others were minors who traveled alone, but they were allowed to communicate with relatives. We also found a large number of citizens from Nepal and India. Also Colombians, Venezuelans and Ecuadorians who have their own passport. In some cases, such as the Nepalese, they do not have a Peruvian entry stamp,” said Rocío Gala Gálvez, national coordinator of the Specialized Prosecutors for crimes related to human trafficking. RPP News.

In accordance with public serviceso far this year has been 655 complaintsof which 295 were from human trafficking And 70 for a crime smuggling of migrants.

Juvenile purans have been found in Ecuador.

Rocio Gala Galvez also mentions the case of two juveniles 16 years who were tricked out of the country and thrown into Ecuador. At the same time, a representative of Fistrap said that the public ministry has already begun processes for the repatriation of victims.

“We have worked with Department of International Cooperation and Extraditions of the State Ministry because we want the Ecuadorian prosecutor’s office and police to also inform us and keep us informed of what is happening. What will happen next is that the prosecutor who is conducting the investigation, through the channel of international cooperation, requests an urgent investigation and activates protocols for the speedy repatriation of the victims, ”he explained.