The Legal 500 Bribery & Corruption Country 2021 Comparative Guide

Participamos en el capítulo Bribery & Corruption Law en Argentina publicada por Legal 500. El capítulo (en idioma inglés) proporciona información sobre los temas actuales que afectan a la práctica, y los próximos desafíos para las empresas y los profesionales del derecho.

A principios de este año también participamos en la publicación de Legal 500 sobre Bribery & Corruption en Argentina. Acá podés encontrarla.

• What is the legal framework (legislation/regulations) governing bribery and corruption in your jurisdiction?

Bribery and corruption are criminalized for individual persons in the Argentine Criminal Code (“ACC”), Title XI (“Crimes against the public administration”). Legal persons’ criminal liability for bribery and corruption offenses is established in Law 27,401. Also relevant are the Law N° 25. 188 on Public Ethics, Executive Decree N° 1179/ 2016 on Gifts to Public Officials, the Anticorruption Office’s Resolution 18 E/2017, further regulating gifts and hospitality to public officials, Law No. 27. 504 on Political Financing, and the Anticorruption Office’s “Integrity Guidelines to better comply with articles 22 and 23 of Law 27. 401 of Legal Persons’ Criminal Liability”, and “Guidance for the Implementation of Integrity Programs at Small and Medium Sized Enterprises”.

• Which authorities have jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute bribery in your jurisdiction?

The main enforcement authorities are the Public Prosecutor’s Office (Public Ministry of the Prosecution; or “MPF” for its acronym in Spanish), as well as investigative magistrates, in charge of the investigation stage of the criminal procedure, and criminal courts, esponsible for adjudication. Besides, both the Prosecutor’s Office of Administrative Investigations (“Procuraduría de Investigaciones Administrativas”, or “PIA”, for its acronym in Spanish) within the MPF, and the Anti-Corruption Office (“Oficina Anticorrupción”, or “OA”, for its acronym in Spanish), an administrative agency within the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights of the Executive Branch, are empowered to investigate and participate in the prosecution of bribery and corruption offenses. Argentina is a federal country. The federal government co-exists with 24 districts, comprised of 23 provinces and the autonomous city of Buenos Aires. By constitutional design, the provincial governments keep authority over criminal procedure law, so the procedural model varies across the country.

Federal offences (including bribery and corruption offenses, among other economic crimes) are subject to federal jurisdiction, whereas criminal investigation is still in charge of an investigative magistrate, who has the power to delegate this task to a prosecutor –an inquisitorial-oriented procedural model. A new Federal Criminal Procedure Code establishing an adversarial model, in which prosecutors investigate under a judge’s control and adjudication, was approved by Congress in 2018. However, its implementation will be gradual –it has entered into force in two provinces (Salta, and Jujuy), and will be enforced in the remaining provinces according to a 5-to7-years calendar. In these guidelines, when we refer to criminal procedure law we always refer to federal criminal procedure law.[/vc_column_text][vc_cta h2=”” h4=”Para leer más hacé clic en el siguiente link.” txt_align=”center” add_button=”bottom” btn_title=”Leer el capítulo completo” btn_color=”primary” btn_size=”lg” btn_align=”center” btn_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fbruchoufunes.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F06%2Fthe-legal-500-country-comparative-guides-argentina-bribery-corruption-xml_.pdf||target:%20_blank|”][/vc_cta][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=”Para más información contactarse con:” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-question-circle” i_color=”peacoc” add_icon=”true”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_posts_slider count=”3″ interval=”3″ thumb_size=”thumbnail” posttypes=”profesionales” posts_in=”4619″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”

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