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Relevant Laws
- Corporate criminal liability for bribery and other acts of corruption (Argentine Criminal Code (“ACC”) 274).
- Domestic Bribery (ACC 256-259)
- Transnational Bribery and Influence Peddling (ACC 258)
- Improper and unlawful transactions of public officials (ACC 265).
- Illegal exaction committed by a public official and illicit enrichment of public officials and employees (ACC 268, subsections 1 and 2 ACC).
- False balance sheets and reports (ACC 300bis)
- Laws against public corruption and relevant authorities, including decree authorizing the Anti-Corruption Office
Enforcement Authorities
- Anti-Corruption Office
- Public Prosecutor’s Office
- National Finance Intelligence Unit
Publicly-Available Resources
- OECD profile page for Argentina
- OECD Working Group on Bribery page for Argentina
- OECD 2019 Report: Fighting Bid Rigging in the Procurement of Public Works in Argentina
- State Department Country Reports
- Anti-Corruption Bureau
- Anti-Corruption Government Publication
- NYU GlobaLex: A Research Guide to the Argentine Legal System
- The Law Reviews UK, Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption in Argentina
- OAS Country Reports
- GAN Integrity: Argentina Corruption Report
Thought Leadership
- Podcast: On the Ropes: Enforcement Risk Roundtable—Argentina’s Foreign Exchange Controls and the Regulatory Risk to Companies in Argentina
- The COVID-19 Landscape in Latin America, Over a Year Later Anti-Corruption Report
- The Proliferation of Text and App-Based Messaging
- Cracks in the Foundation: Sargeant Marine Inc. Pleads Guilty and Agrees to Pay $16mm for Bribery Schemes
- Elevated Bribery and Fraud Risks in Latin America in the Wake of COVID-19
- Podcast: International Risks Facing Companies in Latin America
- Latin America Initiative on ropesgray.com
