:quality(75)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/elcomercio/HI4RBAYCXRBGBFIVTDIGRODBCQ.jpg "Lava Jato | The Peruvian state has already compensated more than S/ 260 million in penalties for effective cooperation | principle")
Along these lines, according to information accessed by El Comercio, more than S/260 million has already been collected by the Peruvian state for civil compensation based on effective cooperation judgments reached as part of the Lava Jato case in Peru. Currently, 54 more processes of this type are underway and will be affected by the law that replaces this instrument, as warned by the ad hoc prosecutor dedicated to the case.
From 2018 to date, the Peruvian Department of Justice (PJ) has issued 16 effective collaborations linked to Lava Jato, in which the statements of these informants were deemed corroborated and civil damages in excess of S/895 were imposed. Total.
| Agree with the court decision | Civil compensation was awarded | Civil compensation accrued from June 30, 2023 | A lawyer involved in the contract |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agreement with Odebrecht and four former executives | S/ 760 million (S/ 610 million + S/ 150 million approx interest) | S/146 million | Office of the Acting Prosecutor of the Lava Jato case |
| EC Treaty 05-2017 | 2 million US dollars | $1 million | Office of the Acting Prosecutor of the Lava Jato case |
| Contract CE15-2017 | S/ 150 mil | S/ 150 mil | Office of the Acting Prosecutor of the Lava Jato case |
| EC Treaty 08-2017 | USD 1.25 million | USD 1.25 million | Office of the Acting Prosecutor of the Lava Jato case |
| Agreement with CE 01-2020 | S/ 150 mil | S/ 56,200 | Office of the Acting Prosecutor of the Lava Jato case |
| Agreement with CE04-2019 | S/39.9 million | S/39.9 million | Office of the Acting Prosecutor of the Lava Jato case |
| Agreement with CE05-2019 | S/ 17.7 million | Recently approved contract, pending collection | Office of the Acting Prosecutor of the Lava Jato case |
| Agreement with CE12-2017 | USD 100 million | USD 8 million | Office of the Acting Prosecutor of the Lava Jato case |
| Agreement with CE 02-2017 (Civil Compensation Awarded to Odebrecht Chacas-San Luis Highway) | S/50 million | S/50 million | Anti-corruption lawyer |
| Agreement with CE 03-2017 (Civil Compensation Awarded to Odebrecht Chacas-San Luis Highway) | S/15 million | S/15 million | Anti-corruption lawyer |
| Agreement with CE 02-2015 | S/ 50 mil | S/ 9 mil | Money Laundering Lawyer |
| Agreement with EC 2018-01 | S/ 1,689 | S/ 1,689 | Money Laundering Lawyer |
| Agreement with CE 2018-03 | S/ 1,689 | S/ 1,689 | Money Laundering Lawyer |
| Agreement with CE 2018-04 | S/ 1,689 | S/ 1,689 | Money Laundering Lawyer |
| Agreement with CE 2018-05 | S/ 1,689 | S/ 1,689 | Money Laundering Lawyer |
| Agreement with CE55-2017-16 | S/ 3,730 | S/ 3,730 | Money Laundering Lawyer |
| Total | s/ 895 million | More than S/ 260 million |
Of these eight sentences, the Office of the Prosecution of the Lava Jato case participated in the agreement; In two, the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office; In the other six, the Office of the Special Prosecutor for Money Laundering Crimes.
The most significant civil indemnity is the one Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht has been paying since 2019 under a corporate cooperation agreement signed by the company and four of its former directors.
Amount imposed and approved by PJ is S/760 million (including interest). 146 million of that amount has already been collected. Added to this was the S/65 million paid by Otbrecht based on two sentences in the case of the Chagas-San Luis highway and former Ancasino governor Cesar Alvarez.
The Peruvian state received $1 million in civil damages for Joseph Maimon’s effective cooperation agreement. (Photo: GEC)
More cases
Another amount is that of businessman José Grana, for S/39.9 million linked to the cases of the ‘Construction Club’, Gasoducto Sur, Interoceánica Sur and Lima Metro. Joseph Maimon, who cooperated in the case of former President Alejandro Toledo, was charged US$1 million, or Gil Shavit, a businessman involved in the case of former governor Felix Moreno, was charged US$1.25 million.
As for the money laundering cases, there is a conviction related to Ollanda Humala and the Nationalist Party case, civil compensation of S/50,000, of which S/9,000 has already been collected. There are also five sentences of effective cooperation related to the cocktail case – which is due to go to trial with Keiko Fujimori as the main defendant – for which the full S / 10,486 taxes have already been collected.
On the other hand, the Prosecutor’s Office and the Attorney General’s Office have already signed an effective cooperation agreement with the company Aenza (formerly Graña y Montero). However, the deal is still pending judicial approval and sentencing.
All of this is in addition to the fact that the Attorney General’s Office expects to collect civil damages if the investigations in each of these cases result in convictions for the defendants.
