Crime is taking over the city of Lima and other provinces in Peru. In recent years, since approximately 2023, the country's crime rate has been growing alarmingly. Extortion and protection rackets are rampant. Merchants, artists, and public transportation workers have all been affected by various criminal gangs demanding money in exchange for protection; if this protection is not paid, their lives are at risk. Several transportation companies in Lima have been attacked. Bullets and bombs placed at these companies have sown terror and collective panic among transportation workers and hundreds of citizens in Lima and other provinces. This criminal method has claimed the lives of several transport workers, merchants, and national singers; no one is safe from extortion. Several marches have been held nationwide demanding that the government take immediate action; on some occasions, there were clashes with police officers. Even today (2025), crime continues to take control; we leave home not knowing if we will return or not.