11 VIII REPARATIONS A) PECUNIARY DAMAGE 42. At the time of his detention, Mr. Cesti indicated that he was the legal representative and general manager of the family company, “Top Security”, which was well known in Peru; the shareholders were his wife, his daughter and his father. He indicated that this company was fourth among more than 300 similar companies in the ranking drawn up by the Superintendency of Banks and Insurance and first in tax payments. He stated that, during the three years prior to his detention, the company had billed, on average, more than US$ 2,000,000.00 (two million United States dollars) a year. Lastly, he declared that, when he was detained, the Superintendency of Banks and Insurance decided that, as he was imprisoned, he could no longer fulfill his functions as legal representative of the company, an essential requirements for its operation and, therefore, the company’s operations had to be suspended, a situation which continued until the date of the brief on reparations. 43. Based on the foregoing, Mr. Cesti requested the Court to order the following compensation for pecuniary damage: a) US$ 6,000,000.00 (six million United States dollars) for the loss of earnings caused directly by the termination of the company’s activities; b) US$ 106,405.63 (one hundred and six thousand four hundred and five United States dollars and sixty-three cents) for the total expenses of security systems and personnel employed to provide surveillance services for the movements of the Cesti family, their homes and the company, Top Security, owing to the constant threats, thefts to remove information from the offices, the placing of a listening device in the office of Carmen Cardó de Cesti and threats with military weapons from moving vehicles; c) US$ 15,690.69 (fifteen thousand six hundred and ninety United States dollars and sixty-nine cents) spent on announcements in the national and foreign press in order to try and lessen the damage to Mr. Cesti; d) US$ 4,000,000.00 (four million United States dollars) for consequential damage in order to return the company, Top Security, to its former position of prestige and confidence; e) US$ 43,907.21 (forty-three thousand nine hundred and seven United States dollars and twenty-one cents) for consequential damage, as a result of the interruption of an insurance program of the company, Top Security, known as “Mi Seguro” (My Insurance), which had to be suspended due to the problems that arose; f) US$ 1,070,000.00 (one million seventy thousand United States dollars) for the total financial damage caused by the embargo decreed on his assets (property and savings), which his wife co-owned. This amount includes US$ 360,000.00 (three hundred and sixty thousand United States dollars) for the embargo of US$ 400,000.00 (four hundred thousand United