Gustavo Arribas | |
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Director-General of the Federal Intelligence Agency of Argentina | |
In office 10 December 2015 –10 December 2019 | |
President | Mauricio Macri |
Deputy | Silvia Majdalani |
Preceded by | Oscar Parrilli |
Succeeded by | Cristina Caamaño |
Personal details | |
Born | 25 November 1958 Buenos Aires |
Political party | Republican Proposal |
Gustavo Arribas (born 25 November 1958) [1] is an Argentine scribe and politician. He was the Director-General of the Federal Intelligence Agency of Argentina. He headed the agency from December 2015 [2] to December 2019.
Prior to heading the Federal Intelligence Agency,Arribas was an agent and broker for professional soccer players. [3] [4]
Arribas was accused by Brazilian police of receiving $850,000 through a money-laundering scheme. [3]
Arribas was also investigated for possibly accepting a bribe of $600,000 from Odebrecht in 2013. [5]
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