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Statement on Conclusion of Fifth Argentina-United States Dialogue on Illicit Finance | U.S. Department of the Treasury

Statement on Conclusion of Fifth Argentina-United States
Dialogue on Illicit Finance
January 10, 2019

The United States and Argentina held the fi h meeting of the Argentina-United States Dialogue
on Illicit Finance (AUDIF) on January 9-10 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The main objective of the
AUDIF is to advance shared goals on countering money laundering, terrorist financing,
proliferation financing, corruption and other illicit finance threats and typologies.
The AUDIF serves as a forum for key agencies in both countries to develop strategies and
initiatives to combat these financial crimes and discuss related issues of interest. This Dialogue
included discussions on assessing money laundering and terrorist finance threats in the TriBorder Area, including Hezbollah; identification and action against the proceeds of corruption;
and addressing regional illicit finance threats and vulnerabilities, including disrupting
Venezuelan corruption networks.
The AUDIF was co-chaired by the Minister of Treasury of the Republic of Argentina Nicolas
Dujovne and the Department of the Treasury’s O ice of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes
Assistant Secretary Marshall Billingslea. The participants in the Dialogue included Republic of
Argentina Financial Intelligence Unit President Mariano Federici and U.S. Financial Crimes
Enforcement Network Director Kenneth A. Blanco, U.S. Department of Justice Principal Deputy
Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan, and Secretary for Institutional Coordination at the
O ice of the Attorney General from Argentina´s Ministry of Justice and Human Rights, Juan
Manuel Olima Espel, and representatives from the Ministry of Foreign A airs and Worship, and
Secretariat for Strategic A airs.
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