Bills to make plea-bargaining and asset-recovery applicable in cases of corruption and in other crimes are being discussed at Congress.
The implementation of plea-bargaining in corruption cases was
proposed by Mauricio Macri during his Presidential campaign. In
recent months this initiative has been sponsored by the Executive
Branch and by several political parties.
On June 23, 2016, the House of Representatives approved
–with 194 votes in favor and 5 against– a bill based on
previous drafts (the “Bill”). The Bill will now be
discussed in the Senate.
Plea-bargaining is not new in our legal system since it is
applicable to drug-related crimes, terrorism, kidnapping,
human-trafficking and money-laundering. However, the Bill seeks to
add plea-bargaining in article 41 to the Criminal Code and extend
its application to cases involving bribes, traffic of influences,
contraband, prostitution and child pornography, customs crimes,
terrorism financing, racketeering, misuse
