The number of investigations into transportation company managers accused of collaborating with extortion rings has more than doubled in north Peru’s Lambayeque region since last year, say prosecutors ...

As part of a broader crime wave in Peru that began during the COVID-19 pandemic, gangs have begun targeting private schools in poorer neighborhoods for extortion. We hear how administrators and ...

Police in Peru have captured a group of extortionists that used Nazi insignia to intimidate their victims, authorities said Tuesday.