National Lottery announced new measures against money laundering in Argentina

Last week, in the venue of the Ministry of Justice, President of the National Lottery, L.N.S.E., and President of the Association of Lotteries, Pools and Casinos of Argentina, A.L.E.A., Roberto Armando López and the Minister of Justice, Security and Human Rights, Aníbal Domingo Fernández, signed the agreement of cooperation.

The lottery entourage was comprised by Secretary Director Juan Manuel Ártico, Director Hernán Diez, Director Mario Prudkin, Dr. Walter Marianetti, Dra. Carolina Galtieri, Dr. Mauro E. Luna and Dra. María Florencia Gutiérrez Carrillo. On behalf of the Ministery, Dr. Alejandro Strega, National Coordinator and National Representative before GAFI-GAFISUD-LAVEX/CICAD/OEA., and councillor of the National Coordination, Dra. Elida Torres.

Within the agreement signed by the lottery and the ministery, the parties committed to start the creation of specific training and investigation programs to contribute to the best compliance of the aims planned in Decree Nº 1225/07, that authorizes the National Coordination-Representation to elaborate a national project to fight the laundering of assets and the finance of terrorism, in order to strength the prevention, investigation and judgement of those crimes.

López, as president of the Lottery and President of the Association of Lotteries, Pools and Casinos of Argentina (ALEA), promoted, from this association, the training of authorities of the different games of chance entities with regards to money laundering, through LNSE professionals.

National Lottery, through the Resolution 408/07, created the Permanent Office of the “Special Commission for the Prevention of Laundering of Assets and Finance of Terrorism” of the National Lottery, appointed in the official compliance role to Director Mario Prudkin, as coordinator, it was named Dr. Walter Marianetti. This way, the lottery is the first national organism connected to games of chance that joined the fight of money laundering.