On September 27, 2019, (1) the State Attorney General's Office, (2) the Financial and Economic Analysis Unit (UAFE), (3) the National Court of Justice, (4) the Citizen Participation Council and Social Control (CPCCS), (5) the State Attorney General's Office, (6) the Judiciary Council, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility, (7) the Anti-Corruption Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic, (8) the Internal Rents Service (SRI), (9) the Public Sector Real Estate Management Service and (10) the Strategic Intelligence Center (CIES), signed a “Cooperation Agreement for the Formation of the Interinstitutional Links Group for the Recovery of Assets (GEIRA) ”.
This alliance is part of the plan to strengthen anti-money laundering policies carried out by the Financial and Economic Analysis Unit (UAFE), and its objective is to be more effective in complying with the law to recover assets, strengthening the capacities of each of the institutions for coordination, cooperation and conformation of work teams for the permanent execution of activities for the recovery of assets resulting from corruption activities.
This agreement is signed within the framework of the technical assistance requested by Ecuador to the Initiative for the Recovery of Stolen Corruption Assets (StAR) of the World Bank and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), with whom The UAFE has been working hand in hand and exchanging experiences and good practices in order to strengthen anti-corruption measures in the country.