ALCANCE EN LA APLICACIÓN DE LA LEY DE LAVADO DE ACTIVOS EN LAS PERSONAS JURÍDICAS

Abstract

The present study focuses on obtaining a national vision about the management of prevention, detection and eradication of the crime of money laundering, exercised through legal entities in Ecuador due to its high vulnerability. Based on the legal analysis of the existing rules on money laundering in the ecuadorian legal system, and interviews with recognized jurists and people involved in the control of this crime, results will be obtained from their experience described, which formulates a series of observations in favor of a better application of the controlling measures of this crime, to capture and prosecute the people who adapt their behavior in this infraction, and consequently try to reduce the crime rates in this trend. The possible solution of granting a mandatory computer system to the various entities that report to the UAFE; as well as, financial legal entities or not and promote a radical change in the forms of transactional payments