On 16 November 2018 the OECD announced that the Latin America Academy for Tax and Financial Crime Investigation has launched its first programme. Tax investigators from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and Dominican Republic are attending the meeting.
A Memorandum of Understanding to set up a centre of the OECD Academy for Tax and Financial Crime Investigation in Argentina was signed on 22 July 2018. The Academy aims to provide capacity-building courses for tax crime investigators and other related law enforcement officials, including prosecutors, anti-money laundering and anti-corruption officials. The Academy will hold courses on conducting and managing financial investigations as well as targeted courses on specific types of tax and financial crimes including those related to crypto-currencies, money laundering and VAT fraud.
The first course is concerned with VAT and GST fraud. The Academy aims to provide tax investigators with the tools to meet the specific needs of Latin America countries. The pooling of expertise and dissemination of knowledge by the Academy will build on Latin American experiences and best practices in combating tax fraud and illicit financial flows.
