Ausencia de mecanismos para combatir el delito de lavado de activos a nivel internacional.

Abstract

In this degree work an analysis of the crime of money laundering established in Article 317 of the Organic Integral Criminal Code, the structure of the elements that make up this criminal offense will be made, also, it will be analyzed what is the sanction established by law to punish this type of criminal acts, a doctrinal analysis will be made, A doctrinal, jurisprudential and legal analysis of this criminal type will be made, and its international scope will be determined taking into account that Ecuador has signed several international treaties to combat the crime of money laundering obliging the signatory countries to punish this type of illicit conduct and especially to adopt measures to prevent it. The objective of this paper is to propose international collaboration mechanisms that allow the prevention, prosecution and punishment of the crime of money laundering in Ecuador with the purpose that these mechanisms can promote a better relationship in order to improve cooperation between States to combat this crime, taking into account that despite the fact that Ecuadorian domestic legislation considers this crime as a transnational crime in its legislation, in practice the Ecuadorian State has often shown a lack of cooperation, hindering investigations and prosecution of other States when they have requested information to obtain evidence on those involved in this crime, affecting the legal security of States.