Peru. Peru's Ministry of Transport and Communications, MTC, reported that it will intensify the fight against radio piracy, an illicit activity that uses unauthorized radio frequencies and that causes damage to formal radios, does not pay taxes, violates copyright and seriously interferes with other public services such as telephony or airports.
In the last 12 months, 223 seizures of equipment have been made from illegal radio stations, in the presence of prosecutors, and 229 criminal complaints have been initiated against those responsible for this serious crime.
"With new technologies we have improved our ability to locate and identify precisely where the transmission equipment and the studios from where these criminals operate are located, as well as obtain evidence against those who hire advertising on these radios," said the Deputy Minister of Communications, Javier Coronado Saleh.
For the first time, in the last 12 months 25 fines have been confirmed for a total amount of approximately S/. 1 000 000 to advertisers who broadcast advertising on pirate radios; It should be remembered that the Law establishes that advertising on pirate Radios and Televisions is a serious infraction, and the fines range from a minimum of S /. 39 501 to a maximum of S/ 118 500.
Advertisers of all kinds (public entities, large companies, small and medium enterprises, workshops, wineries, bakeries, among others) are obliged to verify if the radio with which they contract advertising has current authorization, for which the MTC has at the disposal of citizens the National Registry of Frequencies on its website.
"If you buy advertising on unauthorized radios or televisions you are an accomplice to a crime and you will be severely fined," said the senior MTC official.
