A series of public graft scandals from Uzbekistan to Argentina are alike in having landed dozens of domestic officials, business executives and other suspects in jail in countries already perceived as vulnerable to grand corruption.
Argentina will expand its cooperation with international investigators and revise domestic rules as part of an effort to clamp down on terrorism financiers, the head of the country's financial intelligence unit said Wednesday.
A plan approved Wednesday by Argentine lawmakers to entice tax dodgers to repatriate their assets will also motivate international bankers to ask questions of their counterparts in the country.
Legislation approved Thursday by Argentina's congress will bring the South American nation in line with international counterterrorism financing standards, say current and former officials of the country's financial intelligence unit.
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