Argentina has identified several crimes related to tax evasion, counterfeiting, corruption and several other types of fraud, as main source of unlawful appropriation of assets. The main AML activity takes place through financial operations with international financial centers.

The Law applicable to collective execution proceedings in Argentina is Law nº 24,522 (hereinafter "The Bankruptcy Law").

A look at arbitration cases filed by before the ICSID.

Argentina’s GDP grew from 2003 to 2007 at annual rates higher than 8%, barely declining to around 7% in 2008. However, the global crisis accelerated the end of such impressive growth cycle, and the GDP’s evolution for 2009 is expected to be close to cero.

Argentina's state-controlled oil company is holding important meetings with California-based Chevron Corp. to share strategies for developing the world's third-largest unconventional oil and gas reserves.

In this paper, we briefly explain the procedure pursuant to which an ICSID award should be enforced in Argentina, and the alternatives it may provide its Government to pursue a defensive strategy beyond the particularities involved in any case.

The Government of Argentina and particularly its Ministry of Economy could not be happier with not only the result of the debt swap of the Argentine debt but with the overall state of the economy.