Ricardo Nissen

ARGENTINA: When Disco's Owners Hide Behind Corporations; Secret Laws and the Ministers; CHILE: Chile Has More Secrets Than Anybody Else; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: "Plan Renove"; and MEXICO: Pemex Gets Fined, Unionists Don't; After moving slowly through the courts for four years, the "Pemexgate" case is almost over; E-banking Frauds on the Rise; and PERU: Wiese Controversy Continues.

The EU Disfigured; A Guaranteed Investment; and Buenos Aires bans offshore shell companies.

The city of Buenos Aires has just adopted two regulations - believed to be the first in the world - that seek to end the operation of anonymously owned shell companies in the capital district.The orders, issued in February and