Buenos Aires, January 8 (NA) – The Financial Information Unit (UIF) has established new obligations and procedures to strengthen the prevention of financing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, through a resolution signed by its president, Paul Starc. The measure was formalized in Resolution No. 3/2026, signed on January 7, which specified operational mechanisms applicable to the reporting of suspicious operations linked to the Financing of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and to the Administrative Freezing of Assets and other Assets. According to the Argentine News Agency, the regulation establishes the criteria that 'Obliged Subjects' must follow for the identification, immediate communication, and handling of operations related to natural persons, legal entities, or entities subject to international financial sanctions, as well as the assumptions provided for in article 306, subsection f), of the Penal Code. The resolution also set reporting deadlines, information submission channels, asset immobilization measures, and confidentiality obligations, with the objective of strengthening early detection, mitigation, and interruption of these operations within the preventive system. Additionally, it expanded the operational scope of the Administrative Freezing of Assets regime by explicitly incorporating the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction as an enabling assumption for the adoption of immediate measures.
