Riscos de responsabilidade penal no exercício da advocaciauma análise do dever do advogado de comunicar operações suspeitas de lavagem de capitais

Resumo

After the enactment of Federal Law No. 12,683/2012, the discussion regarding the submission of lawyers to control mechanisms of operations that are suspected to be a money laundering scheme has become relevant, especially when they act advising clients in financial, real estate and corporate transactions. Among them, the spotlight is in the obligation to communicate suspicious transactions that is related with the central issue of this discussion: its compatibility with principles inherent to the practice of advocacy. The entry into force of the administrative part of the Money Laundering Law motivated the various representative bodies of professional classes to regulate the activities of their represented personnel, including defining which operations would show signs of suspicion. The Brazilian Bar (OAB), for its part, has already expressed its view that Article 9, sole paragraph, clause XIV, is inapplicable to lawyers, on the grounds of a supposed incompatibility between professional confidentiality and the provisions of the law. The hypothesis that the position of OAB weakens the professional security of lawyers is worked upon, exposing the entire class of professionals to permanent risk in the practice of advocacy, especially the advisory. For the very same reason, many lawyers became the target of criminal investigations for professional practices that turned out to be potential contributions to clients' money laundering procedures. At the international level, entities representing the struggle against money laundering understand that the legal services provided by lawyers are subject to control mechanisms. The submission of lawyers to the duty to report suspicious client transactions seems to be a non-return path, at least under certain assumptions and conditions.

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Dissertação

Ano

2018

Instituição

Fundação Getulio Vargas

Fonte

Repositório da FGV

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Acesso aberto

Identificador

oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/20706

Palavras-chave

Lavagem de dinheiroSigilo profissionalAdvocaciaOperações suspeitasMoney launderingProfessional secrecyAdvocacySuspicious transactionsDireitoAdvogados - Ética profissionalÉtica judicial