Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera (Argentina)
{{short description|Argentine financial intelligence agency}}
Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera (Financial Intelligence Unit) is the intelligence agency of the Argentine Ministry of Economy. Its stated official purpose is collecting intelligence for the purpose of preventing financial crimes and the detection of financing of terrorism and of weapons of mass destruction.{{Cite web |url=https://www.argentina.gob.ar/uif |title=Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera de Argentina Home Page |language=es |website=argentina.gob.ar}}
International Collaboration
The Argentinian UIF has been a participant in the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units since being admitted in 2003.{{cite web |url=https://www.argentina.gob.ar/uif/internacional/grupo-egmon |title=Grupo Egmon |website=argentina.gob.ar |language=es}} Although in 2022 La Nacion reported that the Argentinian agency had received only 29% as much information via the Egmont network, indicating a lack of trust in the Argentinian government.{{cite web |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/la-uif-cada-vez-mas-aislada-del-mundo-recibe-menos-de-un-tercio-de-la-informacion-que-conseguia-hace-nid13072022/ |title=La UIF, cada vez más aislada del mundo: recibe menos de un tercio de la información que conseguía hace tres años |website=La Nacion |date=13 July 2022 |first=Candela |last=Ini}} In 2024 the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) met to in part to vote on whether to move Argentina to a list of countries that do not cooperate in the fight against money laundering.{{cite web |url=https://www.clarin.com/politica/gafi-decide-semana-sanciona-argentina-lucha-lavado-dinero_0_lQvPrQtZ8P.html|title=El GAFI decide esta semana si sanciona a Argentina por la lucha contra el lavado de dinero |first=Daniel |last=Santoro |website=Clarin |date=October 22, 2024}} The FATF determined that Argentina had improved its efforts to combat money laundering, and thus avoid being put on the "grey list," although the organization stated Argentina still had room for growth.{{cite web |url=https://www.fatf-gafi.org/content/fatf-gafi/en/publications/Fatfgeneral/outcomes-fatf-plenary-october-2024.html |website=FATF |title=Outcomes FATF Plenary October 2024}}
Timeline of Presidents
- José Sbatella - 2010 to 2015{{cite web |url=https://www.clarin.com/politica/casacion-confirmo-juicio-oral-jose-sbatella-revelar-datos-financieros-clarin_0_ryajRCb1M.html |title=Casación confirmó el juicio oral a José Sbatella por revelar datos financieros de Clarín |website=Clarin |date=November 9, 2017}}
- Mariano Federici - (?) to December 2019{{cite web |url=https://www.eldiarioar.com/politica/titular-uif-durante-macrismo-nuevamente-cuestionado-vinculos-banco-debia-investigar_1_11305942.html |title=El titular de la UIF durante el macrismo, nuevamente cuestionado por vínculos con un banco que debía investigar |language=es |website=El Diario AR |date=April 22, 2024|first=Emilia |last=Delfino}}
- Carlos Cruz - January 2020 to December 2021{{cite web |url=https://www.argentina.gob.ar/noticias/juan-carlos-otero-nuevo-presidente-de-la-unidad-de-informacion-financiera |title=Juan Carlos Otero Nuevo Presidente de La Unidad de Informacion Financiera |website=argentina.gob.ar |date=December 7, 2021}}
- Juan Carlos Otero - December 2021 to February 2024
- Ignacio Martín Yacobucci - February 2024 to Present{{cite web |url=https://www.argentina.gob.ar/noticias/ignacio-martin-yacobucci-es-el-nuevo-presidente-de-la-unidad-de-informacion-financiera |title=Ignacio Martín Yacobucci es el nuevo presidente de la Unidad de Información Financiera |date=February 16, 2024}}
See also
References
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