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Damage of S/ 2,777 million occurred in Arequipa and Cusco

Damage of S/ 2,777 million occurred in Arequipa and Cusco

Cusco and Arequipa are among the regions that lead the ranking with the greatest economic damage due to corruption in the year 2022.

According to the estimate made by the Sub-management of the Anti-Corruption Observatory of the comptrollershipreveals that the imperial region caused a loss of S/ 1,601 million. It is followed by Áncash with S/ 1,381 million, Piura with S/ 1,337 million, and La Libertad with S/ 1,324 million. While Arequipa is in fifth place nationwide with S/ 1,176 million. This is an amount lower than 2021, a year that exceeded S/ 1,208 million. In 2020 the losses were S/ 901 million and S/ 966 million in 2019.

While, The departments that lost the most budget due to corruption and functional misconduct are Moquegua (24.0%), La Libertad (20%), Apurímac (18%), Huancavelica (18%), Áncash (17%), Arequipa (17%), Cuzco (16%).

Throughout the country, S/ 24 thousand 419 million were lost, which represents 13% of the annual national budget. 56% of this amount (S/ 13,721 million) is due to regional governments and municipalities, and 44% (S/ 10,696 million) to the central government. Comptroller General Nelson Shack assured that with these resources “poverty could be eliminated in Peru.”

In the top 10 of the entity that most affected the budget, the Copesco Plan of the Regional Government of Cusco is in second place. while the Regional Education Management of the Regional Government of Arequipa is located in fifth place. The headquarters of the Regional Government of Puno has the eighth location.

Source: Larepublica

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