The Porteña Legislature Approved Projects to Assist over-Indebted Consumers and Curb Abuses in Collection
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The City deputy highlighted the adoption of a law that establishes controls and sanctions for extra-judicial collection agencies. He warned about the practices of harassment and emotional extortion against indebted people and recalled the case of Camila, the young woman who took her life after receiving intimidating messages addressed to her family. [...] The entry Leandro Santoro: “They squeeze people to take out a new credit to pay another” wa…
The Buenos Aires legislator explained the scope of a new law against the abuses of collection agencies and warned about the telephone and psychological pressures.
By the totality of the votes, the Porteño Parliament has passed a regulation against the harassment of the poor and their families. It has also approved the Law on Overindebtedness and several projects on animal compassion.
While the initiative, presented by Leandro Santoro's party, was voted unanimously, the ruling party voted against certain issues.
The Legislature of the City of Buenos Aires approved on Thursday two bills aimed at strengthening consumer protection against over-indebtedness and abusive collection practices. The initiatives include free assistance for people with difficulties in paying their debts and new tools of control, denunciation and sanction for the
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