The Ministry of Agriculture in Ecuador denounces a possible influence peddling

Published 2022년 10월 4일

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The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) of Ecuador has filed a complaint with the State Attorney General's Office over alleged irregularities in the Unibanano Control System, a platform used since 2012 to manage banana industry data. The MAG discovered that the system included a virtual property, 'Unibanano - Exportación Test', which was used to illegally export bananas, leading to the registration of one million 200 thousand fictitious weekly boxes, or 14% of the country's banana exports. Undersecretary Paúl Núñez has requested an investigation into possible influence peddling and has suspended the registered code to prevent further illegal activities. The MAG is actively monitoring the system for any additional irregularities.

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The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) filed this Tuesday, October 4, 2022, with the State Attorney General's Office a complaint for alleged irregularities identified in the Unibanano Control System. This system is a platform in force since 2012, updated in 2014, in which, according to the Banana Law, the data of producers, exporters and marketers are registered and updated. The objective of the MAG is to monitor and control the sales contracts of the fruit with the corresponding exporters that are authorized to market. Days ago Diario EXPRESO announced this irregularity that the authority had found, now the investigation is formalized once the complaint has been filed with the Prosecutor's Office. According to the complaint, while the MAG was carrying out a control to make the procedures transparent, which was initiated by the current administration in the Unibanano System, it became clear that the list of catalogs of registered producers included the property "Unibanano ...

Source: Expreso