In a special edition Official newspaper of El Peruano published last night, Attorney of the Nation, Patricia Benavidezdecided to terminate designation Supreme Attorney Paul Sanchez as general coordinator of the ad hoc group of prosecutors in the Port White Collar case, one of the most high-profile corruption cases in recent years.
The decision comes just 20 days after Attorney Sanchez was reappointed to the position following the election and swearing in of Patricia Benavidez as the nation’s attorney on June 20.
Reorganization
According to the Ministry of Defense, this decision is connected with the need to “reorganize” the structure of the specified special group of prosecutors in charge of the case.
“This measure is caused by the need to streamline the structure of the Special Group of Prosecutors in the White Collar Port case,” the report says. the need for strategic design investigation of complex cases and support organizational principles organic law on the state ministry,” the prosecutor’s office said in a statement.
Instead of Chief Prosecutor Pablo Sanchez, according to a ruling published in Peruvian mantake over these functions. Jorge Luis Diaz hairActing Senior Attorney for Lima Centro Financial District.
It is worth noting that a special group of prosecutors in the case of “White Collar Port” was created July 5, 2019 so ‘he’s avoca to exceptional knowledge criminal investigation” of the said case. In this sense, the prosecutor Pablo Sanchez was appointed as the coordinator of this group on October 01, 2020 by order of the then Attorney of the Nation, Zoraida Avalos.
This special group includes the First Provisional Supreme Criminal Prosecutor’s Office, which specializes in crimes committed by public officials; Supreme Criminal Prosecutor’s Office with national jurisdiction; and the first, second and third offices of the Specialized Corporate Supra-Provincial Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Organized Crime, located in Callao.
Source: RPP
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