Gustavo Arribas | |
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.jpg.webp) In 2015 | |
| Director-General of the Federal Intelligence Agency of Argentina | |
| In office 10 December 2015 – 10 December 2019 | |
| President | Mauricio Macri |
| Preceded by | Oscar Parrilli |
| Succeeded by | Cristina Caamaño |
Gustavo Arribas was the Director-General of the Federal Intelligence Agency of Argentina. He was appointed to the position in December 2015.
Career
Prior to heading the Federal Intelligence Agency, Arribas was an agent and broker for professional soccer players.[1][2]
Corruption allegations
Arribas was accused by Brazilian police of receiving $850,000 through a money-laundering scheme.[1]
Arribas was also investigated for possibly accepting a bribe of $600,000 from Odebrecht in 2013.[3]
References
- 1 2 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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