Latin America and the Caribbean
Source tier A. Conventions checked 2026-07-29.
Drug and firearms law in Peru: statutes on record and in force
Peru, in Latin America and the Caribbean, is party to all four of the instruments tracked here, the last of them since 2004. It appears on neither FATF list. Its legislation on record runs to 3 confirmed instruments, the earliest from 2001. The record is set out in the order the obligations arrive: treaty first, statute second, enforcement last.
International framework
Peru is bound by all four instruments this dataset tracks, the earliest from 1992 and the most recent from 2004.
| Instrument | Adopted | Ratified or acceded | Depositary reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 Convention | 1988 | 16 Jan 1992 | Chapter VI-19 |
| UNTOC | 2000 | 23 Jan 2002 | Chapter XVIII-12 |
| UNCAC | 2003 | 16 Nov 2004 | Chapter XVIII-14 |
| Firearms Protocol | 2001 | 23 Sep 2003 | Chapter XVIII-12-c |
What each instrument obliges a party to do is set out once, per instrument, in the conventions reference. The dates above are what is specific to Peru: they are the points from which each obligation began to bind, taken from the depositary's own status tables.
National legislation
Each instrument below was located on an official register and is named exactly as that register names it, in the language of enactment.
Ley Organica Sobre Sustancias — A principal instrument in its own right, confirmed on the register named below; its subject matter is not stated on the face of its title. Confirmed against www2.congreso.gob.pe, checked 2026-07-30.
Decreto Supremo Nº 023-2001-SA Reglamento de Estupefacientes — A subsidiary instrument under the drug control legislation: the schedules, licensing and procedural detail that the parent act leaves to be made by regulation. Confirmed against digemid.minsa.gob.pe, checked 2026-07-30.
Ley-30077-Ley-contra-el-Crimen-Organizado — A principal instrument in its own right, confirmed on the register named below; its subject matter is not stated on the face of its title. Confirmed against the UNODC legal library, checked 2026-07-30.
Enforcement authorities
2 bodies are named in the record for Peru, each confirmed on Peru's own government domain. Reading this alongside the treaty position is the point: the conventions say what must be criminalised, and these are the institutions through which that reaches a consignment or a suspect.
| Body | Function | Confirmed on |
|---|---|---|
| Dirección Antidrogas de la Policía Nacional del Perú | criminal investigation | servir.gob.pe |
| Superintendencia Nacional de Aduanasy de Administración Tributaria | named in the legislation | sunat.gob.pe |
Ratification sequence
How a state assembled its treaty position is itself a fact about the position. Peru came to these instruments over 12 years, beginning with the 1988 Convention in 1992 and ending with the UNCAC in 2004. Measured against each instrument's own adoption, the shortest gap was the UNCAC at 1 year, the longest the 1988 Convention at 4.
Peru became a party to the 1988 Convention in 1992, 4 years after it was adopted — faster than the median lag of 5 years across this dataset.
A complete treaty position assembled over decades is not the same as one assembled at once. For the 10 years between 1992 and 2002, Peru was bound by the 1988 Convention but not yet by the UNTOC, the Firearms Protocol or the UNCAC. An obligation that arrives late does not reach conduct that took place before it, which is why the sequence matters to a prosecutor and not only to a chronology.
On coverage, Peru is one of 81 jurisdiction s here party to 4 of the four, against 81 party to all four. The Latin America and the Caribbean cohort runs to 33 records, 3 of them currently listed for increased monitoring.
Financial-crime monitoring
As of the FATF plenary statements of 2026-06-19, Peru is recorded as Not listed . Nothing here is a finding about Peru's financial controls; it records only that neither statement names it. The current statement and what it changed are tracked on the FATF grey list tracker.
Questions about drug and firearms law in Peru
Which drug-control conventions has Peru ratified?
All four: the 1988 Convention on 16 Jan 1992, the UNTOC on 23 Jan 2002, the UNCAC on 16 Nov 2004, the Firearms Protocol on 23 Sep 2003.
Is Peru on the FATF grey list?
No. Peru appears on neither the increased-monitoring list nor the call-for-action list in the FATF statements of 19 June 2026.
What national drug legislation is on record for Peru?
Ley Organica Sobre Sustancias, confirmed against www2.congreso.gob.pe; Decreto Supremo Nº 023-2001-SA Reglamento de Estupefacientes, confirmed against digemid.minsa.gob.pe; Ley-30077-Ley-contra-el-Crimen-Organizado, confirmed against the UNODC legal library.
Which register confirms the legislation on this page?
Each instrument names its own. For Peru that is www2.congreso.gob.pe, digemid.minsa.gob.pe, the UNODC legal library. The citation is to the issuing register rather than to any account of it, so the text can be read as enacted.
What is source tier A, and why is this record in it?
Tier A means a national instrument has been confirmed against an official register — for Peru, 3 of them. The treaty dates and the listing status are separately sourced, so all three layers of this record carry a citation.
Why does the ratification date matter?
The date is the point from which the obligations bind. Peru's earliest of these commitments dates from 1992, its most recent from 2004; the gap between them is a rough measure of how long the framework took to assemble.
Sources
- Ratification dates: United Nations Treaty Collection, depositary status tables (chapters VI-19, XVIII-12, XVIII-14, XVIII-12-c). Checked 2026-07-29.
- Listing status: FATF, Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring and High-Risk Jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action, 2026-06-19.
- Ley Organica Sobre Sustancias: www2.congreso.gob.pe, checked 2026-07-30.
- Decreto Supremo Nº 023-2001-SA Reglamento de Estupefacientes: digemid.minsa.gob.pe, checked 2026-07-30.
- Ley-30077-Ley-contra-el-Crimen-Organizado: the UNODC legal library, checked 2026-07-30.