The agreement will promote academic and training exchange between both institutions. Furthermore, as part of this agreement, a joint workshop on the prevention and prosecution of money laundering will be held on October 2nd at our University's Buenos Aires campus.

The agreement was signed by the Dean of our Faculty of Law, Manuel José García-Mansilla, and the President of the Financial Information Unit (UIF), Ignacio Yacobucci. The agreement, which was signed this Wednesday, September 4th, at the UIF headquarters, aims to provide this autonomous and independent body with high-level academic training in areas of law related to the prevention of money laundering, terrorist financing, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

The agreement includes the development of collaborative research, scientific exchange in areas of common interest, and lectures by specialized professors from our university.

Those participating in the signing ceremony included Julio César Méndez, Director of Administration and Resource Management of the UIF; María Celeste Baroli, Deputy Director of Human Resources of the UIF; and Carlos González Guerra and Manuel Tessio, Deputy Director of the Department of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedural Law, and professor at our institution, respectively.

“This agreement is very important for our Faculty of Law and, especially, for our Department of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure because it will allow us to collaborate with the Financial Information Unit on research, teaching, training, courses, conferences, and studies that can be developed jointly by both institutions. Therefore, having this agreement, which will help us train both students and faculty in the prevention of money laundering, terrorist financing, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, is key for our department and for the various postgraduate programs we offer that include courses related to these issues.”

As a first step following the signing of this agreement, González Guerra announced: “Next Wednesday, October 2nd, we will hold a joint conference on the prevention and prosecution of money laundering and the financing of terrorism, which will bring together judges, prosecutors, diplomatic personnel, academics, and representatives from the private sector to discuss different strategies for confronting this set of criminal activities.”