The Chamber of Senators approved the draft resolution that creates the Bicameral Investigation Commission of a transitory nature for the investigation of punishable acts of money laundering and other related crimes.” This initiative was proposed by Senators Sixto Pereira, Carlos Filizzola, Fernando Lugo, Hugo Richer, Esperanza Martínez, Fulgencio Rodríguez and Jorge Querey.
The document was returned by the Chamber of Deputies with some modifications.
Jorge Querey, senator for the Guasu Front, expressed that Congress needs a report on the money laundering situation. That is, to have a complete overview of the complaints filed, how they were processed by the Public Ministry and by the Judiciary, emblematic cases exposed to public opinion and boxed.
“It has led us to a complacent state structure. The murder of two significant people for society, such as prosecutor Marcelo Pecci and mayor José Carlos Acevedo, shows us that criminal organizations have led us to this situation of defenselessness,” he explained.
DETAILS
This Bicameral Investigation Commission (CBI) must be made up of three deputies and three senators. It is still unknown who will be the legislators that will integrate it, but it is presumed that one of the senators will be Jorge Querey himself.
Another possible member could be Rocío Vallejo, deputy of the Patria Querida party, who has already given interviews on the subject, questioning the fact that only 60 days are granted to carry out the work. It should be remembered that the period of time is extendable.
The objective is that, through this commission, Congress can monitor the control of money laundering. Due to the urgency, it is estimated that next week he can start working.
GIUZZIO
On February 3, Arnaldo Giuzzio, then Minister of the Interior, denounced before the Senate that Tabesa, owned by Horacio Cartes, former national president, declared, between 2013 and 2018, sales of US$ 1.1 billion, only at the local level. . While exports were for US$ 43 million.
He explained that one of the points of sale for cigarette trafficking is Mexico, where shipments cannot be sent without the blessing of drug trafficking groups.
He also exposed how the money from the sale of cigarettes is laundered in our country through the Basa bank, owned by the same former president. For this reason, the senators proposed to form this CBI.
