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The Senate will begin tomorrow to debate the bill that modifies the Penal Code regarding the prevention and repression of money laundering, the financing of terrorism and the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction . The debate will take place between the Justice and Budget and Finance Committees of the Senate in the Arturo Illia Room of the Legislative Palace.
According to parliamentary sources, tomorrow's meeting will be attended by Ignacio Yacobucci, candidate proposed by the National Executive Branch for president of the Financial Information Unit (UIF); and Nicolás Vergara, chief of staff of the same organization.
The sanction of this initiative is considered Namibia WhatsApp Number key for the government, because this year there will be a technical review by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) . Due to this, Argentina must adapt its legislation to the new standards dictated by the international organization and show results. Otherwise, it could be included again in the gray list of countries that do not collaborate with the FATF.
The project had been sent to Congress during the six-year term of Alberto Fernández . In April 2023 it had been approved by deputies and had begun to be debated at the committee level in July. At that time they had the presence of the former Legal and Administrative Secretary of the Ministry of Economy, Ricardo Casal; and the former director of the Financial Information Unit, lawyer K Juan Carlos Otero.
At that time, the senator of the Frente de Todos, Oscar Parrilli, had maintained that it was a “only informative” meeting and that the project “was going to continue being debated,” but the plenary session did not meet again.
Juan Félix Marteau, director of the Center for Studies on Hemispheric Security (CESH) of the UBA and twice national coordinator on this matter, warned Clarín that " the project prepared by the administration of Alberto Fernández maintains the anomalous criminal political position that the "Acts "Terrorism does not constitute a crime classified in Argentine criminal legislation.
According to the Director of the CESH, this is because, during the Government of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, this political position was taken under the slogan of having a ““ Non-criminalizing vision of social protest” : A so-called generic aggravating circumstance of the penalties that allow the penalties of “all” crimes to be increased when they are committed with a “terrorist purpose.
Marteau said this is a "big difference with the countries of the Western community, since they have established a special section in their Penal Codes." "In these sections there are descriptions of objective and subjective elements in which it is determined which acts of terrorism should be penalized," he added. In Argentina, the decision was made to attribute the charge of “terrorist” only to events in which the perpetrators had that intention. .
According to parliamentary sources, tomorrow's meeting will be attended by Ignacio Yacobucci, candidate proposed by the National Executive Branch for president of the Financial Information Unit (UIF); and Nicolás Vergara, chief of staff of the same organization.
The sanction of this initiative is considered Namibia WhatsApp Number key for the government, because this year there will be a technical review by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) . Due to this, Argentina must adapt its legislation to the new standards dictated by the international organization and show results. Otherwise, it could be included again in the gray list of countries that do not collaborate with the FATF.
The project had been sent to Congress during the six-year term of Alberto Fernández . In April 2023 it had been approved by deputies and had begun to be debated at the committee level in July. At that time they had the presence of the former Legal and Administrative Secretary of the Ministry of Economy, Ricardo Casal; and the former director of the Financial Information Unit, lawyer K Juan Carlos Otero.
At that time, the senator of the Frente de Todos, Oscar Parrilli, had maintained that it was a “only informative” meeting and that the project “was going to continue being debated,” but the plenary session did not meet again.
Juan Félix Marteau, director of the Center for Studies on Hemispheric Security (CESH) of the UBA and twice national coordinator on this matter, warned Clarín that " the project prepared by the administration of Alberto Fernández maintains the anomalous criminal political position that the "Acts "Terrorism does not constitute a crime classified in Argentine criminal legislation.
According to the Director of the CESH, this is because, during the Government of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, this political position was taken under the slogan of having a ““ Non-criminalizing vision of social protest” : A so-called generic aggravating circumstance of the penalties that allow the penalties of “all” crimes to be increased when they are committed with a “terrorist purpose.
Marteau said this is a "big difference with the countries of the Western community, since they have established a special section in their Penal Codes." "In these sections there are descriptions of objective and subjective elements in which it is determined which acts of terrorism should be penalized," he added. In Argentina, the decision was made to attribute the charge of “terrorist” only to events in which the perpetrators had that intention. .