Overview
- The Labor Ministry recorded 393 suspected forced-labor complaints from 2020–2025 and says fear and access barriers likely keep true figures higher.
- Victims are often recruited through deceptive job offers and then controlled via document retention, debt bondage, threats, excessive hours and restricted movement.
- Reported cases cut across sectors including Amazonian timber extraction, illegal mining, domestic work, construction, manufacturing and agriculture.
- Peruvian law punishes forced labor with 6–12 years in prison, up to 25 years in aggravated cases, and SUNAFIL can levy administrative fines of 50–200 UIT.
- The MTPE is running a multisectoral commission and drafting a national policy to bolster prevention, detection, victim assistance and prosecution, urging reports through SUNAFIL and the 1819 hotline.