El origen ilícito de los activos en el delito de lavado de activos del caso Coopera

Abstract

This present thesis pursues the objective of analyzing the responsibility on the side of the District Attorney’s to demonstrate the illegal origin of the assets in the Coopera case, which was penalized according to the Law Article 14 which sanctioned money laundering, repealed by the Organic Criminal Integral Code.

In order to reach my objective, I shall start by analyzing the money laundering felony, its background, by giving it a definition, its criminal politic conception, the structure of penal nature and the stages of money laundering.

The need to demonstrate the illegal origin of money laundering will be analyzed according to the Law to restrain money laundering and the COIP, including an analysis about preliminary proceedings, the difference between preliminary felony and illegal origin, and the international community’s point of view.

To conclude, I shall analyze the Coopera case, the typical defendant’s behavior significance, the circumstantial evidence, and the illegal origin of the assets which was not proved by the District Attorney’s.