will use data to detect money laundering.
Central Bank made an agreement with the Revenue.
Unit Information and Financial Analysis (UIAF) Central Bank (BCU) has signed an agreement with the General Tax Directorate (DGI) which can be accessed on-line database that has taxpayers.
Revenue Director General, Paul Ferreri said at a news conference that the database will enable the identification UIAF "companies and individuals who are the guardians of business and tax returns and payments have been made "in cases of suspicious transactions and money laundering or terrorist financing.
UIAF manager, Daniel Espinosa, said that unit is "vital to have faster data access," she used to ask.
When asked by a reporter if the secret tax violated the agreement, the holder of the National Money Laundering Secretariat, Carlos Diaz, said "is being implemented Article 5 of Law 17,835 approved in the government of Jorge Batlle" and recalled that "money laundering rules were approved by all parties."
That article states that "the UIAF be empowered to request reports, records and any factors it deems relevant to the fulfillment of its functions to the obliged by this law and all public bodies, which are being required to furnish them within the time fixed by the Unit, not to be so opposed to this provision related to the secrecy or confidentiality. "
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