OPINION: When silence becomes complicity

In many cases, silence ends up becoming a form of complicity, even involuntarily, especially if they are matters that fall under the management of public affairs. The problems progress until the community puts a stop to it, but if the reaction is to say nothing, the message that is sent –and received– is indifference. And that is what has happened in the case of commercial relations between a bank and a legal entity accused of money laundering. Government agencies, trade unions, even fellow bankers remain silent about a problem that has consequences for the national banking system, as well as for our international image. Our financial center has vulnerabilities that neither this nor previous governments have been able to solve, and we all need to push the cart, otherwise things can get worse than they already are. The warnings are on the table: the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), for example, warns of a tightening of trade relations and transactions if the country does not meet the goals in which it has been failing for years. And the failure is probably due precisely to these silences – LA PRENSA. Apr. 28.