WAR ON TERROR AND MONEY LAUNDERING: EVOLUTION OF BRAZILIAN LEGISLATION AFTER SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS

Abstract

The objective of this work is to evaluate the historical evolution of Brazilian rule in an international context of War on Terror, decreed by the United States of America after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The importance of uniform money laundering rules is an imperative in a global movement to impose financial asphyxiation on terrorist institutions, making it impossible to organize further attacks. Law 9.613 predates the 9/11 attacks, but has already been discussed in an environment to combat terrorism for previous acts, especially against American targets abroad, and was been the target of legislative reform that excludes the exhaustive list of crimes that should precede the acts of money laundering as a requirement for its occurrence. The work used for this purpose bibliographical research, accompanied by a documentary research focused on the consulting of legal texts related to the theme, as well as consultation of the international commitments made by Brazil and concluded that the Brazilian legislation adherer to the movements provided for in internacional agrements on the subject.