Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera (Argentina) explained

Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera (Financial Intelligence Unit) is the intelligence agency of the Argentine Ministry of Economy. It's 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.^[1]

International Collaboration

The Argentinian UIF has been a participant in the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units since being admitted in 2003.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5]

Timeline of Presidents

• José Sbatella - 2010 to 2015^[6]
• Mariano Federici - (?) to December 2019^[7]
• Carlos Cruz - January 2020 to December 2021^{[3] [8]}
• Juan Carlos Otero - December 2021^[8] to February 2024
• Ignacio Martín Yacobucci - February 2024 to Present^[9]

See also

• National Intelligence System
• National Intelligence School
• Secretariat of Intelligence
• National Directorate of Criminal Intelligence
• National Directorate of Strategic Military Intelligence

Notes and References

1. Web site: Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera de Argentina Home Page . es . argentina.gob.ar.
2. Web site: Grupo Egmon . argentina.gob.ar . es.
3. Web site: La UIF, cada vez más aislada del mundo: recibe menos de un tercio de la información que conseguía hace tres años . La Nacion . 13 July 2022 . Candela . Ini.
4. Web site: El GAFI decide esta semana si sanciona a Argentina por la lucha contra el lavado de dinero . Daniel . Santoro . Clarin . October 22, 2024.
5. Web site: Outcomes FATF Plenary October 2024. .
6. Web site: Casación confirmó el juicio oral a José Sbatella por revelar datos financieros de Clarín . Clarin . November 9, 2017.
7. Web site: El titular de la UIF durante el macrismo, nuevamente cuestionado por vínculos con un banco que debía investigar . es . El Diario AR . April 22, 2024. Emilia . Delfino.
8. Web site: Juan Carlos Otero Nuevo Presidente de La Unidad de Informacion Financiera . argentina.gob.ar . December 7, 2021.
9. Web site: Ignacio Martín Yacobucci es el nuevo presidente de la Unidad de Información Financiera . February 16, 2024.