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Argentina: US$4.600 billion went into money laundering

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The Minister of Treasury and Finance, Alfonso Prat Gay, and the head of the AFIP, Alberto Abad, they reported at a press conference that so far They entered the whitewashing of capitals US$4.600 million

It is amount "It is a flat which will have increased as the cycle closes," Abbot added y He added that on November 21,and "we will know the number definitive.

He also highlighted a "Very important banking". According to Abad, there was 58.000 citizens en 49 banks who decided to go from the mattress to the bench.

"There is a lot of income that has been generated, that is in a funnel and that will allow Argentines to organize their future," said the head of the AFIP. 

In addition, officials clarified that in the next few hours a resolution will be issued by the UIF to protect confidentiality and safeguard those who want to access money laundering.

"In the last few days there has been a lot of information circulating about money laundering figures and banks. But we are looking at it and we are not giving an opinion because it is not our responsibility," Prat Gay wanted to clarify.

He also explained that "these dollars remain frozen until March of next year" and clarified that there is an exception "if they are used to buy registrable assets, since this confirms that this money will not leave the system to deceive the tax authorities."

"Few people imagined that we would have close to 5.000 billion in cash at this stage," Prat Gay said.

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