Argentina Regional Summit on Counterterrorism Financial Enforcement Creates New Working Group

On March 10, 2006, at the conclusion of a regional summit of counterterrorism financial enforcement, the Central Bank of Argentina announced the creation of a working group to promote hemispheric measures to prevent terrorist financing. The Central Bank of Argentina, along with the IMF, had organized the summit. Martín Redrado, the President of the Central Bank, said that Argentine government would form a committee to coordinate the counterterrorism activities of various Argentina agencies. Argentine President Néstor Kirchner will analyze a legislative project to improve the operability of the Argentine Financial Intelligence Unit … [more]