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US to deliver money confiscated from former President Alejandro Toledo to Peru

Alejandro Toledo charged with alleged money laundering offense | Font: AFP

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US to give Peru more than half a million dollars in money confiscated from the former President of Peru, Alejandro Toledo (2001-2006), who is under investigation in the Odebrecht corruption case.

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that it would sendapproximately $686,000 to the government of Peru, confiscated from the former president.

Toledo accused of taking tens of millions of dollars in bribes from Odebrecht in exchange for supporting a Brazilian construction company in its business in Peru while he was still president of the country.

“This case is an important example of the international cooperation needed to fight foreign corruption when illicit proceeds enter the United States,” Justice Department Deputy Attorney General for Criminal Affairs Kenneth Polite said in a statement.

Alejandro Toledo accused of money laundering

Former Peruvian president on trial for crimes against money laundering, collusion and influence tradingin connection with contracts awarded to Odebrecht for the construction of an interoceanic route between Brazil and Peru.

According to American Justice, Toledo used about $1.2 million in bribes. buy property in Maryland. The confiscated funds come from the proceeds from the sale of this property.

In a criminal case against Toledo, Peruvian prosecutors have requested 20 years and 6 months in prison.

The former president was arrested in 2019 in California, where he lived for several years, and spent 8 months in prison for the risk of flight, although he was able to get out of prison and go under house arrest in March 2020, with the COVID outbreak. pandemic -19 covid-19.

In September last year, US justice gave the green light to the extradition of the former president, finding sufficient evidence to justify the measure, although the final decision is now in the hands of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.

(As reported by EFE)


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