Argentina continues to face structural barriers that limit the effective detection and enforcement of foreign bribery, according to the latest report on its implementation of the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions. In particular, the absence of a legal framework to protect whistleblowers remains a key gap in Argentina’s detection system. While foreign bribery enforcement has progressed, cases continue to face delays, posing evidentiary and statute of limitations challenges. Very few cases advance to prosecution. No legal person has yet been investigated or sanctioned for foreign bribery under the Corporate Liability Law (CLL), eight years after its adoption.
The OECD Working Group on Bribery also welcomes positive developments, including Argentina’s first concluded foreign bribery case against a natural person in 2025 and the detection of 17 new foreign bribery allegations since Argentina’s Phase 3bis evaluation in 2017. Specialised bodies, such as PROCELAC (Special Prosecutorial Office for Economic Crimes and Money Laundering) and DAJUDECO (Directorate for Judicial Assistance in Complex Crimes and Organised Crime), have reinforced analytical capacity and supported more proactive approaches to transnational bribery cases, including through enhanced international co-operation and inter-agency co-ordination.
To improve effectiveness in preventing, detecting and enforcing the foreign bribery offence, the Working...
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