Overview
- The training, which began Tuesday May 26, 2026, is led by specialists from Spain’s Guardia Civil and is financed under a cooperation agreement between Peru’s Ministry of Interior and the European Union.
- Participants include investigators from Dirincri’s Extorsiones, Secuestros and Homicidios divisions and specialized prosecutors from the Public Ministry.
- Course modules focus on criminal intelligence, analysis of operational typologies for kidnappings and sicariato, and financial and patrimonial tracing to follow illicit money.
- Officials say the program is meant to modernize police tools and tighten operational coordination between the PNP and the Public Ministry while Peru seeks additional advisers from the UK, Israel and France.
- Authorities point to rising violence and a surge in extortion complaints this year as the rationale for the push, and organizers say improved intelligence and financial tracing should lead to higher case resolution and disruption of criminal finances.