A total of 45 civil servants from the Judiciary, Public Ministry, among others, participated in the workshop “Case Study of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (ML/FT) in the Banking Sector”, dictated by the staff of the National Office Against Organized Crime and Financing of Terrorism (Oncdoft), attached to the Ministry of People’s Power for Internal Relations, Justice and Peace (MPPRIJP).
The activity was dictated by the lawyer Juan Gómez, from the entity attached to the MPPRIJP, who explained that money laundering is the process of giving the appearance of legality to capital from illegal activities.
In this context, in Venezuela the sanction applied to this crime, typified in article 35 of the Organic Law against Organized Crime and Financing of Terrorism (Locdoft), is 10 to 15 years in prison, as well as an equivalent fine. to the value of the illicitly obtained capital increase.
During the activity, generalities about money laundering, financing of terrorism and the banking sector, its evolution and the international control that exists in this system were discussed.
Subsequently, cases studied by the Latin American Financial Action Task Force (Gafilat), the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CATIF) and the International Financial Intelligence Unit (UNIF) were analyzed.
Source: Oncdoft
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