The Prime Minister of Peru Guido Belido Ugarte has become a defendant in a criminal case of money laundering. This was reported by El Comercio.
The head of government was accused of involvement in the illegal financing of the election campaign of the ruling Free Peru party. He was joined by party leader Volodymyr Serron, his brother and spokesman Waldemar Serron, as well as the political force itself as a legal entity.
Prosecutor Richard Rojas, who is in charge of the investigation, said that the Free Peru party structure was used to legalize illegal assets and pay court costs during the trial, which was attended by the chairman. According to a law enforcement officer, the country’s prime minister coordinated the alleged crimes and personally participated in financial fraud.
On July 23, it became known that in El Salvador, the prosecutor’s office issued an arrest warrant for former President Sanchez Seren and nine high-ranking officials of previous administrations accused of embezzlement and money laundering. The attorney general said the corruption was linked to state funds used to pay aid to the president’s accomplices.