During a virtual meeting, which took place last Wednesday (4), the coordinator of the WG, Deputy Bacelar (Podemos-BA), reinforced the importance of creating mechanisms to combat money laundering. According to him, the new text will contemplate the cashless system that will allow for the alignment of good international practices, in addition to the creation of a regulatory agency. Deputy Newton Cardoso Jr (MDB), from Minas Gerais, also participated in the meeting.
“The recommendations are not many, but they are important since some of these premises are already included in the money laundering law, No. 9,613/1998,” commented Ricardo Liáo, president of COAF.
Another suggestion made by Liáo is that the WG follow the recommendations of the Financial Action Group against Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing (GAFI) with the relative preventive obligations contained in Recommendations 22 (client due diligence) and the requirements of maintenance of records established in Recommendations 10 (Customer Due Diligence), 11 (Record Keeping), 12 (Politically Exposed Persons), 15 (New Technologies) and 17 (Delegation to Third Parties).
The COAF Supervision director, Rafael Bezerra Ximenes de Vasconcelos, recalled that adherence to the FATF standard is used internationally. For him, identification and verification of the identity of customers must be done when financial transactions are equal to or of more than USD/EUR 3,000.
The General Coordinator of Institutional Articulation of COAF, Marconi Costa Melo, suggested that the most important thing is to keep the country within the four lines of FATF in all gaming operations. "Gaming can take place in bars or in casinos, but it should be treated the same way," he suggested.
Deputy Newton Cardoso Jr. (MDB-MG) thanked the meeting with the leaders of COAF and highlighted the importance of the activity of legalized games in generating taxes and income for the State.
"The COAF, by suggesting the creation of a specific body, the identification of bettors and the non-participation of criminals - proposals that are in line with the adjustments we are promoting in the bill -, proves that it is possible to legalize this activity," commented Cardoso Jr. to the Working Group on Gaming.
Source: Cámara dos Deputados
