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Gustavo Arribas | |
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.jpg) In 2015 | |
| Director-General of the Federal Intelligence Agency of Argentina | |
| In office 10 December 2015 – 10 December 2019 | |
| President | Mauricio Macri |
| Deputy | Silvia Majdalani |
| Preceded by | Oscar Parrilli |
| Succeeded by | Cristina Caamaño |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 November 1958 Buenos Aires |
| Political party | Republican Proposal |
Gustavo Arribas (born 25 November 1958)[1] is an Argentine scribe and politician. He was the Director-General of the Federal Intelligence Agency of Argentina. He headed the agency from December 2015[2] to December 2019.
Career
[edit]Prior to heading the Federal Intelligence Agency, Arribas was an agent and broker for professional soccer players.[3][4]
Corruption allegations
[edit]Arribas was accused by Brazilian police of receiving $850,000 through a money-laundering scheme.[3]
Arribas was also investigated for possibly accepting a bribe of $600,000 from Odebrecht in 2013.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Clarín, Redacción (3 December 2015). "Perfil: "El Negro" Arribas, del Grupo Pádel y con negocios en el fútbol". Clarín (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ Cronista.com (12 December 2015). "En inusual Boletín Oficial, el Gobierno designó funcionarios en la AFI y la Sindicatura General". www.cronista.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ a b Politi, Daniel; Londoño, Ernesto (March 1, 2018). "Argentina's Top Spy Accused in Brazil Corruption Case". The New York Times.
- ^ Roger Kittleson (12 June 2014). The Country of Football: Soccer and the Making of Modern Brazil. University of California Press. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-520-95825-8.
- ^ Boadle, Anthony (February 17, 2017). Milliken, Mary (ed.). "Latin American prosecutors join forces on Odebrecht bribes". Reuters.
A federal judge in Argentina is seeking information from Brazil and Switzerland to determine whether President Mauricio Macri's spy chief, Gustavo Arribas, took a $600,000 bribe from Odebrecht in 2013 when he was a private citizen.
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