Overview

• At a prison event in Ezeiza, President Javier Milei presented the new Penal Code alongside ministers Patricia Bullrich and Mariano Cúneo Libarona and confirmed its submission to Congress.
• The proposal consolidates the current code and more than a thousand special laws, expanding the framework from 316 to 920 articles to modernize classifications and penalties.
• The draft introduces tougher sentencing, including life without parole for the gravest crimes, longer effective terms for repeat offenders, and anticipatory state confiscation of crime-linked assets.
• New and updated offenses cover cybercrime and AI-enabled fraud, deepfake sexual imagery, stealthing, revenge porn, virtual kidnapping, organized crime, environmental harm, and tighter rules on protests that block traffic.
• Anti-corruption measures raise prison ranges, add lifetime disqualification from public office for serious cases, strengthen money-laundering provisions, and formalize broader legitimate-defense and authority presumptions for security forces.