SBS: FIU received 116,914 suspicious transaction reports in 9 years

The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of the Superintendency of Banking, Insurance and AFP (SBS) received 116,914 suspicious transaction reports (STRs) between January 2013 and December 2022. Last year it received 21,578 STRs, which represented an increase of 39.02% compared to 2021, when it received 15,522 STRs, according to the SBS.

Of the total number of STRs received from January 2013 to December 2022, the largest participation by type of legal or natural person subject to this obligation was represented by banks with 37%, public notaries with 27% and fund transfer companies. (ETF) with 12%.

In the last 12 months to December 2022, the number of STRs sent to the FIU was distributed mainly among the following sectors: banks with a majority stake of 40%, public notaries with 26%, ETFs with 20%, among others, he detailed. .

In addition, the amount involved in the financial intelligence reports (IIF), issued by the FIU-Peru, for alleged crimes associated with money laundering totaled US$12,994 million in total.

Meanwhile, the largest participation corresponded to illegal mining (57%), followed by tax fraud (12%), crimes against public administration (11%), illicit drug trafficking (5%) and among others (15%).

Sanctioning processes

From January 2013 to December 2022, 1,433 sanctioning administrative procedures (PAS) were initiated against the subjects obliged to report under the supervision of the FIU, which were resolved in the first instance in 96% of the cases, remaining 4% of the remaining cases to be resolved.

Regarding the total PAS resolved, the highest incidence by type of subject obliged to report corresponded to those dedicated to construction and real estate, public notaries, vehicle sales, currency purchases, savings and credit cooperatives, and trade in jewels and precious stones.