The new national Secretary of Justice of Brazil, Astério Pereira dos Santos,
said in an interview with Globo newspaper that once approved the legalization of
gaming ways of combating money laundering and other forms of crimes that may be
related to the activity will be improved.
"Of course, this is a subject of great concern to us, but we can not
prevent this from being created by claiming that we have difficulty in
combating. Just as we have created mechanisms to seek money abroad (in current
anti-corruption operations) we will also perfect the instruments to inhibit the
illicit involving gaming," he said.
Regarding the implementation of a new gaming market, the new secretary said
that it should be done with criteria analyzing the characteristics of each
region. "I can give a technical opinion regarding the implementation,
which should be with criteria. We can not have a proliferation of casinos. There
are regions that can receive a casino and some others that are inappropriate.”
The Attorney General has taken office as National Secretary of Justice and
Citizenship of the Ministry of Justice last March 23rd. The Secretariat takes
care of matters such as international, civil and criminal legal cooperation;
Asset recovery; National policy on migration, refugees, dealing with
trafficking in persons, indicative classification; And public policies to
modernize, improve and democratize access to justice and citizenship, among
other issues.
In order to take the position, Astério Pereira retired from the Public Ministry
of Rio de Janeiro, institution in which he entered in 1991. The new National
Secretary of Justice and Citizenship is graduated in Legal and Social Sciences
by Fluminense Federal University and by the School of Formation Of Officials.
He has served as Secretary of Penitentiary Administration of the State of Rio
de Janeiro from 2003 to 2006. As Coordinator of Security and Intelligence of
the Public Ministry of Rio de Janeiro, he served from 2007 to 2008.
Source: GMB / O Globo
