Argentina, US sign agreement on security cooperation

Thursday, September 21st 2023 - 10:40 UTC


Argentina's Economy Minister and presidential candidate Sergio Massa on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding with US Ambassador Marc Stanley to strengthen security cooperation.

During the ceremony at the Kirchner Cultural Center in Buenos Aires, which was also attended by Security Minister Aníbal Fernández, Massa said that by 2024, the level of security information exchange with the United States “will reach its maximum expression in terms of automaticity in the tracking of criminal money.”

Therefore, “in no corner of Argentina will criminals feel at peace,” he added.

“Without the professionalism of our security forces, without mature relations and exchange of information between each of the forces, it is very difficult for international agencies to agree to advance in cooperation agreements,” Massa continued.

The agreement is “a great step that will serve Argentina for years to come,” the minister added. “If we do not have the capacity as States to take advantage of criminal intelligence to then pursue the money of crime, we end up validating the idea that the money of criminals ends up in the screens of professional companies or people who move that money and finance drug trafficking, terrorism, human trafficking and the mechanisms of organized crime that we all know,” he also pointed out.

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