Ana Paula Marra and Lana Cristina
Reporters Agência Brasil

Brasília - The country's chief prosecutor, Antônio Fernando de Souza, the presidents of the Chamber of Deputies, Severino Cavalcanti (PP-PE), and the Senate, Renan Calheiros (PMDB-AL), and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Nelson Jobim, have all praised the new draft bill on money laundering that the Executive branch presented yesterday.

"This is a good point of departure in the quest to strengthen our legal battle against money laundering," said a document signed by Souza, Cavalcanti,Calheiros and Jobim.

The draft bill will soon go to Congress.

Translator: Allen Bennett