The importance of asset recovery in the fight against organized crime
Keywords:
Asset recovery, money laundering, organized crime, corruption, strategyAbstract
The present paper deals with money laundering, a problem that affects economy and development of the countries in an international context, for this reason, the States and the main international organizations focus their attention and efforts on setting tools and effective mechanisms that enable its prevention, as well as on the prosecution of the cases involving money laundering. This is, considering the fact that those assets come from illegal activities related to organized crime, and this, in turn, to corruption. One of the strategies to fight against money laundering is through the recovery of assets generated after illicit facts -when someone`s incomes are not from legal origin-, since that is a way to weaken criminal organizations and also to strenghten terms of imprisonment. Therefore, with the current legal instruments it is possible to conduct the recovery of assets in favor of the State. The methodology used for this study, is the bibliographical and documental research of norms, doctrines and jurisprudence both national and international. The main objective is to analise the importance of asset recovery as an strategy to fight organized crime in Paraguay. To achieve this, the relationship between a country`s development and corruption is studied.Downloads
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Constitución Nacional de Paraguay.
Ley n.º 4503/11, de la inmovilización de fondos o activos fnancieros
Ley n.º 4024/10, castiga los hechos punibles de terrorismo, asociación terrorista y financiamiento del terrorismo.
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