Buenos Aires, March 18 (NA) – The Federal Chamber of Criminal Cassation granted a complaint from the Public Prosecutor's Office and enabled the review of a jurisdictional conflict in a case of alleged money laundering with connections in different jurisdictions. The decision was made by Chamber I of the court, composed by judges Javier Carbajo, Ángela Ledesma and Mariano Borinsky, who considered that there are federal issues that justify the intervention, even though this type of ruling is not usually appealable. The prosecutor's challenge questioned the Federal Chamber of San Martín for assigning the investigation to the Federal Court of Campana, arguing that the decision lacked sufficient reasoning and violated constitutional guarantees such as due process and the right to a defense. According to the ruling, the case investigates complex schemes of alleged money laundering involving the company REAL CENTRAL SRL and various individuals and legal entities, with operations carried out in the City of Buenos Aires and in localities in Buenos Aires Province such as Pilar and La Matanza. The Public Prosecutor's Office argued that due to the multiplicity of jurisdictions and the possible connection with professional football structures, it was premature to define jurisdiction and that the case should remain in the court that originally handled it, in this case the federal criminal court of Buenos Aires. It also questioned that the prosecutor's office had not been given effective participation in the resolution of the conflict, which, in its view, also affects the validity of the ruling. The Chamber of Cassation understood that the grievances presented raise a sufficient federal issue, particularly regarding the guarantee of the natural judge, and therefore resolved to grant the cassation and proceed with its treatment. According to what the Argentine News Agency could learn, the court set a hearing for March 30, where the parties will present their arguments before a final decision is made on the substance of the jurisdictional conflict.
