The activity organized by the ULS Department of Legal Sciences, was inaugurated by the National Prosecutor, Jorge Abbott Charme.

“The challenges in the prosecution and prosecution in the criminal process against organized crime and the crime of money laundering: Are some adjustments to the system required?” was the name of the seminar organized by the Department of Legal Sciences and the Law degree, attached to the Faculty of Social, Business and Legal Sciences, and which included the participation of the National Prosecutor of the Public Ministry of Chile, Jorge Abbott Charme.

The seminar was inaugurated by the National Prosecutor, who thanked the invitation and noted on the subject that “20 years after the reform began, many adjustments are evidently required. From the point of view of the Public Ministry, we have been able to address this issue until now mainly by taking administrative measures. And we have tried to address the investigation and prosecution of this type of conduct through decisions aimed at assigning prosecutors specialized in this matter, in the different regions. But they do not have exclusive dedication, consequently, they do not have the possibility of permanently working in the area, having criminal organizations at the helm that do have the resources to improve their actions more and more every day. That is why we believe that it is necessary to take measures in the order of procedural law.”

Lawyers and professors from various areas related to the subject also presented, such as Professor Juan Carlos Manríquez, from the law firm Manríquez, Benavides & Compañía, who presented the topic “Economic crime committed by legal entities, businesses evading the law and money laundering.” assets: fact of connection and circle of authors. “Firewalls to criminal prosecution.” Secondly, lawyer Marcelo Contreras Rojas, belonging to the Financial Analysis Unit, presented the topic “Role of the UAF. within the framework of Law 19.913, its relationship with the Public Ministry. Work done and pending challenges.”

During the second block, it was the ULS professor's turn. and lawyer, Mg. Carlos Esperguen, who is a member of the Coquimbo Region Criminal Defender's Office and presented the topic "Trafficking of cultural property as a modern manifestation of the crime of money laundering." Then it was the turn of Dr. Carlos Del Río Ferretti, from the Catholic University of Maule, who presented the topic “Notes on procedural law on the criminal prosecution of the crime of money laundering.” Finally, Dr. Mario Durán, from the University of Atacama, ended the day with the topic “Liability of legal entities in Chile. Prevention system and model. Observations and criticisms.

Finally, the Dean of the Faculty of Social, Business and Legal Sciences, Dr. Luperfina Rojas Escobar, thanked the speakers and noted that “it is a privilege that this academic debate and legal and social reflection can be generated in our University, more even because our house of studies houses a Law School with a seal of public service, ethics and commitment to the common good. This seminar also has the close collaboration of the Criminal Defense Office of the Coquimbo region, headed by its Defender Inés Rojas Varas, an institution with which we have worked together since the Law Degree of our Faculty was born, an alliance that, Starting this year, it is formalized through a framework collaboration agreement.”

If you want to relive it, you can visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swne-YX5qu8

Written by Consuelo Peña Gamboa - FACSEJ