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Unidad de Investigaciones Financieras UIF

Official site
https://www.uif.gob.bo
Established
1997
Constituting statute
Ley N° 1768 of 10 March 1997 (Art. 185 ter: "Créase la Unidad de Investigaciones Financieras"); Decreto Supremo N° 1969 of 2014 (transformation)
Supervises All industries

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)).

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