Unidad de Investigaciones Financieras UIF
Who they are
Bolivia's financial intelligence unit, a State entity that works against money laundering. According to ASFI's description of Decree 1969 (2014), it moved from being a deconcentrated unit of ASFI to a decentralised public entity under the Ministry of Economy and Public Finance.
What they do
Registers obliged entities and virtual asset service providers in its CARONTE V2 system, runs AML/CFT/proliferation-financing training, and publishes risk analyses, typologies, guides and bulletins. Decree 4904 sets its organisation, powers, the administrative infraction regime and preventive measures for obliged entities; its Director General may oppose a suspicious operation for 48 hours (Art. 6(c)). It also supervises obliged entities that have no sector supervisor (Art. 23(II)).
Key laws & regulations issued
- Direction Instructivo Específico para Entidades de Intermediación Financiera con Enfoque Basado en Gestión de Riesgos contra la Legitimación de Ganancias Ilícitas, el Financiamiento del Terrorismo y el Financiamiento de la Proliferación de Armas de Destrucción Masiva (Specific Instruction for Financial Intermediation Entities, risk-based, against money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing) 2026
- Act Decreto Supremo N° 4904, Reglamento de la Unidad de Investigaciones Financieras - UIF (Decree 4904, Regulation of the Financial Investigations Unit) 2023
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