Argentina

Details are contained in an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Argentina - that was filed at the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on September 23, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Patricia Narvaiz, International Atomic Energy Agency, and JPMorgan Chase Bank.

Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged smuggling - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Argentina - that was filed at federal court in the USA on September 16, 2004. Businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include GTC Ribbon SRL, and Static Control Components Inc.

Article based on an application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged fraud - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Argentina - that was filed at the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Texas on October 5, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Juan Carlos Puppi, Citizens Insurance Company of America, Gustavo Alejandro Onzari, and Eugenio Leonardo Alessi.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Argentina into alleged insurance fraud by Juan Carlos Puppi.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged corruption - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Argentina - that was filed at federal court in the USA on September 20, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Juan Jose Mahdjoubian, Daniel Horacio Mauro, Cacho Enterprises Corp., and Hotel Sheraton.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Argentina into alleged smuggling by Osvaldo Antonio Soler, Maria Gomara Palencia and Nancy Graciela Soler regarding Metaluz Srl,

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Argentina into alleged fraud involving a check that was issued by the International Atomic Energy Agency to Patricia Narvaiz and was allegedly cashed without Narvaiz' knowledge or authority.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Argentina into Juan Jose Mahdjoubian and Daniel Horacio Mauro for alleged embezzlement and illicit enrichment.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Argentina into alleged smuggling by GTC Ribbon Srl.

Article based on an application to collect evidence for a criminal investigation into alleged money laundering - pursuant to a request for judicial assistance from Spain - that was filed at federal court in the USA on June 30, 2004. Individuals and businesses mentioned in the request for assistance include Domingo Tarruella Dalmau, Roberto de Luca, Carlos Augusto Quintero Patino, Robert P. Gleusner, Brian Lennon, Ronald Reed, Manuel Lao Hernandez, Alicia Esther Franch, International Gaming Manufacturing, a.k.a. Leisure & Gaming Corporation; Forum Technology Ltd., Winner Group SA, J.L.M. Trading Corp., Hoboken Floramerica, Pacific Seafood Inc., Lakeview Flowers Inc., Surhtos Inc., Floramerica Inc., Big Plantain American Inc., L&G Corporation, Blazing Ltda, Enkor Business Corporation, Beauport Commercial, Atronic, Unidelca SA, Super Siete, Tuworld Inversora SA, Edsaco Ltd., Nova Atlantis SA, Consultoria International, Merrydown Ltd., Meadowside Management Ltd., Luis Flores, Barclays Bank, NationsBank International, Lloyds TSB Bank, ABN AMRO and Banco Ganadero.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Spain into Domingo Tarruella Dalmau and others for alleged money laundering.

ARGENTINA Menem in exileFor the second time, an Argentinean judge issued an international arrest warrant for the former President, Carlos Menem, on allegations of tax fraud.Apart from other crimes, Menem is accused of embezzling tens of millions of dollars during

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Spain into Juan Jose Garcia Seijas, Carlos Federico Braga, Manuel Fernando Martin Catalan, Norman Duncan Moir, Maria Almudena Alfonso Alfonso, Juan Manuel Oliveros, Dominga Soto de Reffett, Yanira Leonor Batista Peguero, Paloma Yolanda Martin Lopez, Luis Miguel Triguro Gomez, Jose Lucia Diaz de Rondon, David Hernandez Diaz, Jose Miguel Antonio Tavera Tavera, Javier de la Torre Pino, Jose Maria Hoyas Barquillas, Daniel Israel Sanchez Cabrera, Diego Mario Castellon Lopez and Jorge Marcelino Lago for alleged tax fraud.

ARGENTINA: Menem 'suffering' in exile; Carrousel of bank executives accused; BOLIVIA: Two more bank employees in the dungeon; COLOMBIA: Trust us, we're the Police; PARAGUAY: González Macchi's process grows; Journalists and presidential pressure; and REGIONAL: Latin American presidents: A catalogue of abuse.

ARGENTINA Good banks, bad banksElisa Carrió - leader of the Alternative for a Republic of Equals (ARI) party - warned the government in a letter that Merrill Lynch & Co. and Barclays Plc, two of the three banks picked by

ARGENTINA: The Swiss connection; New charges for banker; BRAZIL: Lula faces first scandal; EL SALVADOR: Sentences in El Carmen case; GUATEMALA: Portillo on the run; MEXICO: Court rules U.S. operation unconstitutional; PARAGUAY: Looking for minister Ferreira; The Peirano brothers: scapegoats?; and PERU: Toledo in trouble.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Portugal into Marcelo Reginaldo, Fernando Tadeu Reginaldo, Sandro Jose Reginaldo, Manuel Francisco Reginaldo Filho, Juares Machado dos Santos, Heleno Leopoldo Loh and Fabricio Silveira Dias for alleged fraud.  

ARGENTINA: Vote-buying scandal; COLOMBIA: Colombian drug lord extradited; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Dominican Republic in bad shape; PERU: Swiss banks in Montesinos' web; and REGIONAL: South American companies accused of laundering; US brings up corruption in Monterrey; Parmalat's spilt milk in Latin America.

ARGENTINA More incriminating data against MenemFormer Iranian spy Abolghasem Mesbahi confirmed from Berlin in a videotaped interview at the AMIA trial taking place in Buenos Aires that an alleged envoy sent by Carlos Menem requested $10 million in exchange for

ARGENTINA: Circle around Menem narrower; COSTA RICA: Costa Rica becoming popular; ECUADOR: No foreign holidays for Noboa; MEXICO: Pressure mounts over big banks; NICARAGUA: Alemán in prison: PANAMA: Marc Harris' friends in Panama in trouble?; and PARAGUAY: González Macchi ordered to stay put.

ARGENTINA, PARAGUAY and URUGUAY: Banco General de Negocios, Multibanco, Banco Comercial sagas continue; NICARAGUA and PANAMA: Following Marc Harris' steps in Nicaragua; PANAMA and COLOMBIA: Colombian scandal affects Panama; and PERU: Kroll unable to find Fujimori's money so far.

ARGENTINA: Purge in the making; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: The consequences of Baninter banking scandal; ECUADOR: Ex-minister investigated for laundering; MEXICO: HSBC investigated; NICARAGUA: New charges for Alemán; and PANAMA: Iranian citizen arrested; Frozen Guatemalan assets; New rules; The legacy of Marc Harris in Panama.

ARGENTINA Bad start for new president Néstor Kirchner, an obscure provincial governor, became Argentina's president elect by default when former President Carlos Menem withdrew alleging that there was "a systematic slander campaign" against him. Menem is on trial for several

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Argentina into alleged threats made against federal prosecutor Dr. Guillermo Marijuan, Oscar Alfredo Cusa, Rita Nora Navarro and Juan Jose Laxagueborde apparently because of their involvement in an investigation into "fraud against the public administration perpetrated by several hundred persons in connection with irregularities in the retirement pensions granted in the La Rioja Province".

Latin America Round-Up: ARGENTINA: Election is no cause for celebration; BOLIVIA: Former manager of the Peasant Development Fund is imprisoned for embezzlement; CHILE: Beleaguered President Lagos barely surviving; COSTA RICA: Authorities seek foreign help in investigating investment schemes known as 'The Brothers' and Ofinter SA; REGIONAL: ChoicePoint information used to arrest illegal immigrants in the USA; MEXICO: Mexico becoming a heroin production center; PARAGUAY: Elections at a difficult time.

ARGENTINA: Investigator investigated; CHILE: A major financial scandal erupts; COSTA RICA: More controls for Costa Rica; GUATEMALA: USA resumes aid; Congress Chair in trouble for alleged corruption; MEXICO: The PRI fined; Divine bank accounts; NICARAGUA: Bolaños presents policy; PANAMA: Portillo's account in the open; REGIONAL: Eleven jurisdictions of "concern" in Latin America and the Caribbean; URUGUAY: Controversy! What controversy?; and VENEZUELA: Chavez under scrutiny.

ARGENTINA: Still, debate about Menem's feasibility as candidate; BOLIVIA: Big trouble in La Paz; COLOMBIA: Operation against Cali cartel's leader; GUATEMALA: Acquisition to save Banoro; Blacklisted again; NICARAGUA: Centeno Roque brothers sentenced; PARAGUAY: President González Macchi under investigation; and PERU: Montesinos' silence.

ARGENTINA: Banker goes to prison; Escobar's widow on trial; BOLIVIA: Six people sentenced in bankruptcy case; CHILE: Former minister jailed in scandal; COLOMBIA: First Colombians extradited for money laundering; ECUADOR: New president in Ecuador; INTERNATIONAL: Pardon for taxpayers hiding income; MEXICO: Anti-corruption raids; NICARAGUA: Immunity removed for Alemán; PANAMA: New anti money laundering measures; PARAGUAY: Money laundering and frauds on the rise; PERU: Perturbing news from fugitive Fujimori; PUERTO RICO: Paper bags and inaccurate reports; and URUGUAY: The Central Bank investigated.

ARGENTINA: The long Argentinean "culebrón"; COLOMBIA: Life insurance as laundering instrument; COSTA RICA: Frauds unlimited; NICARAGUA: Lehman Brothers investigated; Money laundering surge; PANAMA: Fraudulent bankruptcies galore; and PERU: Lasnaud's "Montesinos" connection.

Citigroup has cast doubt on the legitimacy of a new investment scheme whose participants include two key players in the $345 million fraud perpetrated by the Imperial Consolidated Group.Edouardos Stamatiou and Robert Raven are involved in an attempt by United Financial Corporation S. A. to sell $110 million one-year Certificates of Deposit bearing annual interest of up to 14 per cent.

ARGENTINA Switzerland to investigate Menem's bank accountsSwiss judge Christine Junod will investigate whether beleaguered former president Carlos Menem had money in the country's banking system. Until now, Menem has escaped prosecution in spite of the fact that he has been

ARGENTINA The bankers' parade Michael Smith, of HSBC, declared before judge Claudio Bonadío that bribes were somewhat customary in Argentina. Smith—a British citizen who has been only months in the South American country—was testifying in a new case of alleged

ARGENTINAMenem off the hook, for the moment Judge Julio Speroni concluded there is not enough evidence to indict former President Carlos Menem in the case of the illegal arms sale to Croatia and Ecuador. Judge Speroni added, though, that Menem

ARGENTINA: Menem in deeper trouble; Funny operations to save BISEL; Duhalde criticized; COLOMBIA: New President; LATIN AMERICA: Enron tentacles in Latin America; NICARAGUA: No visa; Alemán, formally accused; PARAGUAY: New financial scandal; and URUGUAY: Little Uruguay sneezes, Latin America is already sick.

ARGENTINA: BGN fiasco unfolds; COLOMBIA: Perception of corruption increases; ECUADOR: Failure in international bid; GUATEMALA: New regulations in Guatemala; "Twin  banks" investigated since 1996; MEXICO: The honeymoon is over in Mexico; NICARAGUA: $2 million lost in Nicaragua; The high life of a president; …And Taiwan wants its money back; and PANAMA: Welcome to Panama.

Corruption in Argentina Since it was founded in 1999, the Argentinean Anti Corruption Office has handled 1,784 cases that generated 489 complaints but none of them has produced a sentence. The last index by Transparency International — which classifies countries

ARGENTINA: Former minister Domingo Cavallo indicted, Argentinean justice investigates the "Banco Extrader" case; COLOMBIA: Most wanted thief, Wilson de Jesús Yepes Ardila, is arrested; COSTA RICA: Costa Rica elects Abel Pacheco as its new President; PANAMA: Panama becomes more transparent; Panama-based business operators Yardena Mizrahi Herbroni and her brother Eliahu Mizrahi convicted in New York; PERU: BBVA debacle has a Latin American connection; VENEZUELA: Chaos reigns.

COLOMBIA: News of a kidnapping; GUATEMALA: A tale of embezzlement; HONDURAS: Funny transactions in Honduras; A law against money laundering; NICARAGUA: New charges against Interbank executives; PANAMA: New dirty links between Peru and Panama; Portillo tarnished by accusations; URUGUAY: BCCI's death throes; and REGIONAL: Waves from Washington; Latin America EXTRA.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in France into Jean-Pierre Chariou and others for the alleged production and circulation of counterfeit currency.

Menem's secret accounts in Switzerland; Mexico still cleaning up after the Salinas family; Alemán's hidden money; Disappearing money in Bolivia; and Huge investigation in El Salvador.

Recently-filed warnings from securities regulators around the world.

ARGENTINA: Chaos in Argentina; EL SALVADOR: Degrees galore; GUATEMALA: New anti-laundering law in Guatemala; and MEXICO: Clean up operation in Mexico.

Investigator finds links among different cases of corruption in Argentina The head of an anti money laundering commission in Argentina, Legislator Elisa Carrió, has linked apparently unconnected cases of corruption that have occurred during the past 15 years in a

ARGENTINA: A report in Argentina points at money laundering; BOLIVIA: New interim President in Bolivia; CHILE: Trouble in the skies; PERU: More repercussions in Fujimori-Montesinos case; and PANAMA: Going bananas in Panama.

ARGENTINA: Trouble in Aerolineas Argentinas; ARGENTINA & BRAZIL: Brazil and Argentina to renegotiate Mercosur Tariff Policy; PANAMA: New controversy in Panama's Maritime Authority; PERU: Alejandro Toledo wins election; REGIONAL: Andean community improves position in South Florida; VENEZUELA: Court ruling causes alarm for journalists.

Argentina Finally, Argentinean Central Bank boss Pedro Pou was replaced on Wednesday, April 25th, by Roque Maccarrone, former President at Banco de la Nación and Banco Río. The move followed a parliamentarian investigation that found irregularities in the way Pou

The Panama Securities Commission has turned down an investment advisor application by Harris Investment Advisory Inc., which is part of The Harris Organization group. A Commission spokesman said the application was rejected primarily because of "the number of  complaints we have received from Harris clients alleging all sorts of dubious practices".

Complaint for the arrest of Juan Pedro Schaerer and extradition from the USA to Argentina to face charges of fraud and corruption arising from when he served as the Minister of Public Health for the Corrientes Province of Argentina.

Application for the appointment of a Commissioner to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in Argentina into Jaime Soifer or suspected fraud to the detriment of the heirs of his brother, Jaime Soifer.

Motion for issuance of a letter rogatory to Taiwan to collect evidence for a criminal investigation in the USA into Chen Sun, President of CIF Group International, for allegedly causing the production and distribution of more than six million counterfeit music CDs.