ARGENTINA AML REFORMS SHOW WILLING, BUT INTERNATIONAL ASSESSORS ARE STILL WATCHING FOR REAL PROGRESS
May 9th, 2014
The Argentine government is continuing to try and boost its anti-money laundering/combatting the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) systems, but the challenges that it faces, including a large informal economy and porous borders – especially with Brazil and Paraguay, make this a tough task.There have been a steady flow of reforms since in 2010 President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner launched a comprehensive AML/CFT plan called.Dr Laura Gómez, the director for external coordination with the Argentine government’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) , the Unidad ...
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