Since taking office, the new authorities of the AFIP Raids, complaints and evasion cases involving over-billed imports, undervalued exports and all kinds of “real” trades they seek are reported almost every day. exploit the almost 100% gap between the official dollar and the free one.
This Saturday the Central Bank decided not to be left behind and released a long list of measures and actions against irregularities in foreign trade operations and in the foreign exchange market.
Responsible for carrying out these procedures is the Superintendency of Financial and Currency Entities (SEFyC), which, according to the Central Bank in a press release, “actively promoted control and inspection actions on compliance with the regulations established starting from 2019 with the implementation of the new exchange rate regime “.
The entity led by Miguel Pesce has compiled a list of the work done in each area over the past three years to prevent the escape of official dollars:
Foreign trade
Regarding the export of goods, 443 inspections were carried out on export operations for an amount of US $ 15,895,298,860 and 77 precautionary measures for a pending amount of US $ 1,361,972,537, which prohibited new exports and access to the foreign exchange market for import.
Import
There were 222 operations inspections for an inspection fee of US $ 1,598,154,525 and 35 precautionary measures for goods pending nationalization worth US $ 141,176,039. In the exercise of the foreign exchange criminal law, new imports and access to the foreign exchange market were prohibited.
Services
56 operations inspections were carried out for an audited amount of US $ 457,070,347.
Other exchange rate regimes
Controls and inspections of the operations of purchase of foreign currency and for the acquisition of government securities settled in foreign currency and implemented preventive IT checks to avoid fraudulent events.
25 operations inspections were carried out for an inspected amount of US $ 680,935,457, which found inconsistencies due to securities transactions.
530 operations inspections were carried out for a total subject amount of US $ 45,169,017 per purchase of foreign currency exceeding the limits. These actions led to the suspension to operate in the market of variation for a total of 36,733 people and the return of foreign currency purchased in excess of US $ 859,964 was obtained.
Dollar blue
In total, 97 raids were carried out on marginal exchange operators, seizing supporting documentation, IT elements and national and foreign currency. The procedures took place with the intervention of justice in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Santa Fe, Río Negro, Mendoza, Jujuy, Salta and in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.
The Central Bank added that since the start of the new exchange rate regime in September 2019, 369 currency summaries have been opened for an amount of US $ 1,566,772,651. Of this universe, 185 summaries (for US $ 1,045,298,362) have already been sent to the courts for the delivery of the sentence and in another 95 precautionary measures have been issued to have the defendants appear in the trial, such as a ban on leaving the country. . To date there are 245 proceedings pending the opening of the summary proceedings for amounts equivalent to US $ 807,158,029.
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Source: Clarin
