In force since Mar 11, 2025
Anti-Mafia Law: the offence of criminal organization is codified
Ley 27.786
in forceNATIONALApplies the same nationwide
State, institutions and security
Ley 27.786 creates the crime of criminal organization —three people or more— carrying 8 to 20 years, distinct from asociación ilícita.
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What changed and who it applies to
What changed
It criminalizes the offense of 'criminal organization' (a group of three or more people acting in concert to commit especially serious crimes in a given geographic area), distinct from criminal conspiracy. It adds to the Criminal Code art. 210 ter (imprisonment of 8 to 20 years for participating in these associations) and art. 210 quater (the penalty of the most serious crime committed when the organization uses violence, acts repeatedly, seeks to displace other organizations or control territories). It enables the early confiscation of assets of presumably illicit origin without a final conviction, which pass to the State, provinces or CABA, along with asset freezing and extraordinary procedural tools. verif Mar 10, 2025 ↗
In force
03/11/2025 (the law takes effect the day after its publication in the Official Gazette, per its own text; published on 03/10/2025). verif Mar 11, 2025 ↗
Who it applies to
Members of criminal organizations linked to drug trafficking, money laundering, human trafficking, extortion and property crimes. Each member can be charged for the worst crime committed by any group member. It enables the national State, the provinces and CABA to receive the confiscated assets. verif Mar 10, 2025 ↗
The norm
Ley 27.786 ('Organizaciones Criminales', known as the Ley Antimafias, the anti-mafia law), passed by the national Congress on Feb 20, 2025 and published and enacted in the Boletín Oficial on Mar 10, 2025 (notice 322273). verif Mar 10, 2025 ↗
Our reading
The program advances on substantive legal security: a law that pursues organized crime and allows confiscating its assets without a final conviction reinforces the predictability an investor needs to operate (R3, stability and legal security). What we watch: its effective application by the courts and the doctrinal constitutionality challenges to the early confiscation, which have not suspended or repealed it. thesis
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