The Minister of Economy and presidential candidate of Unión por la Patria (UxP), Sergio Massa, stated this Wednesday that in 2024 the level of exchange of security information with the United States "will reach its maximum expression in terms of automaticity in the tracking crime money" and, consequently, stated that "in no corner of Argentina will criminals feel at peace." Massa led the signing of a security cooperation agreement between both countries at the Kirchner Cultural Center (CCK) to combat transnational crimes such as drug trafficking, human trafficking and money laundering. Massa stated that "without professionalism of our security forces, without mature relationships and exchange of information between each of the forces, it is very difficult for international agencies to agree to advance collaboration agreements," and described the agreement as "a great step that will serve Argentina for the coming years." The Minister of Security, Aníbal Fernández, and the United States Ambassador to Argentina, Marc Stanley, who signed the document, participated in the event, as well as officials from security agencies from both countries, heads of the Argentine security forces and authorities. of the Chancellery. Massa maintained that "if we do not have the capacity as States to take advantage of criminal intelligence to later pursue crime money, we end up validating the idea that criminals' money ends up on the screens of professional companies or people who move that money and "They finance drug trafficking, terrorism, human trafficking and the mechanisms of organized crime that we all know." For this reason, he said, "it is so important that we accompany the work carried out by our security forces from the different economic areas with information capacity for criminal intelligence in matters of persecution and money laundering." The memorandum articulates a joint framework to achieve common objectives, which includes greater emphasis on the fight against transnational organized crime, greater cooperation in maritime security, and the strengthening of citizen security, the rule of law and the quality of security institutions. security. In addition, it outlines a roadmap to plan activities of mutual interest and establishes methodologies to evaluate the achievements obtained.