The main purpose of the Financial Intelligence Research Foundation (FININT) is to promote decision-making processes in the public and private sectors in order to prevent, mitigate or avoid the perverse effects of the circulation of assets, goods or money that are critical to the social, legal, economic and political stability of the nations that make up the global order. Currently, it has extended its field of action to public security, particularly in the area of organized crime and terrorism.
Therefore, its primary purpose is the development of academic studies and the design and implementation of government programs on new, dynamic, cross-border illicit behaviors with a high impact on peace, security and the finances of States, as well as on the new control and regulation mechanisms that have emerged in world society to mitigate the risks associated with the emergence of these illicit activities.
CRITERIA
FININT relies on the following criteria to intervene in its field of action:
– Trust in the law as a framework for resolving human conflicts.
– The adoption of citizen responsibility as a guide for participation in public affairs.
– The bet on republican action as a way to strengthen the State.
– Acceptance of cultural diversity as the axis of understanding global society.
– The promotion of regulated competition and openness as a mechanism for transparency in the economic-financial order.
– Belief in practical experience as the foundation of theoretical thinking.
– Respect for ethical-religious thought as an exercise of individual search for a transcendent event.
SERVICES
FININT is active in the following areas:
– Development of applied studies on the issue of financial crime and financial intelligence.
– Advice to the public sector in the design and implementation of Financial and Asset Disruption Programs, whose premise is to develop a fully offensive and effective administrative action against criminal assets that feed the activity of criminal actors.
– Development of strategic regulatory agendas for money laundering and terrorist financing prevention systems.
– Development of studies and reports on complex crimes, especially those related to organized crime, drug trafficking, environmental crimes and terrorism.
– Design and implementation of multidimensional security programs for governmental entities.