El Dia reports: According to lawyers Otto Ritter and Gary Prado Ocampo’s revelations confirm the staging Rózsa case. Defenders of General. Gary Prado Salmon argue that the witness is based on the prosecutors’ libretto. In an evaluation of the statements of My. Miguel Rolando Ocampo this week, the lawyers for Gral. Gary Prado Salmon coincide…
Tag: terrorism
What do we have in common with Cuba, Iran and North Korea? take a guess!
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF and in Spanish GAFI) is a very reputable institution and has been monitoring our fairly new “economy,” El Deber reports: Bolivia and Cuba remain without complying with the norms against money-laundering Bolivia and Cuba are on the list of countries that do not meet international standards against money laundering…
Iran-Latin America links drawing attention in Washington
The following article appears in the Miami Herald, written by Andres Oppenheimer and here is reproduced in its entirety because of the serious repercussions that may have for Bolivia. We may be considered a small country in Latin America, in terms of our economy and population, however it is our country and we cannot be quiet…
Iran officials will be visiting Bolivia
Despite the diplomatic impasse with Argentina, not so long ago when an Interpol criminal got VIP treatment in Bolivia, current government continues to push for a friendship with a country which is in the black list of most western democracies. HoyBolivia.com reports that Iranian congressmen will be visiting very shortly [this week?] the Bolivian Assembly; an…
Money laundering & terrorism financing update
The link below is from an earlier post about the Bolivian performance regarding anti-money laundering and financing of terrorism in the international arena, as evaluated by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF, GAFI in Spanish). https://bolivianthoughts.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/anti-money-laundering-combating-the-financing-of-terrorism/ Los Tiempos newspaper sent some questions to current Bolivian government regarding about our performance and today a reply was printed,…
Anti-money laundering & combating the financing of terrorism
This excerpt is from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF; GAFI in Spanish), a report made available back in June 2011, Bolivian performance follows: “The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is the global standard setting body for anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). In order to protect the international financial system from ML/FT…
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