ARGENTINA FACES MAJOR STRUGGLE TO FIGHT MONEY LAUNDERING – WITH POLITICS HINDERING JUDICIAL ACTION
February 1st, 2017
Argentina’s centre-right government has said that it is determined to remove money laundering and dirty money in the country, having assumed office in December 2015, but Argentina’s highly combative politics makes this a complex task. The new administration of President Mauricio Macri has accused its centre-left predecessor, led by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of failing to effectively fight money laundering in Argentina, indeed levelling charges that this former government was itself deeply corrupt.
An anecdotal story illustrating the issue was ...
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