Paraguay

São Paulo, Paraguay and Beyond: The PCC’s Growing Power

by Angela Olaya and Hector Silva 12 Feb 202024 Apr 2023

Brief

Deploying Soldiers and Tanks Hasn’t Helped Paraguay’s Prison Crisis

by Laura Marcela Zuñiga 27 Jan 202024 Apr 2023

Brief

Brazil Fighting Pesticide Smuggling War on Two Fronts

by Mónica Betancur 6 Jan 202024 Apr 2023

Brief

Brazil Eyes Extradition of Former Paraguay President for Money Laundering

by Parker Asmann 26 Nov 201924 Apr 2023

Capture of Levi Felicio on the Brazil-Paraguay Border Raises Uncertainties

by Mónica Betancur 21 Nov 201924 Apr 2023

Prisons in Paraguay Struggle to Combat Violence from Crack Epidemic

by Laura Marcela Zuñiga and Tristan Clavel 19 Nov 201924 Apr 2023

Overcrowded, Too Few Guards and Easy Access to Drugs in Paraguay’s Most Crowded Prison

by Tristan Clavel and Laura Marcela Zuñiga 13 Nov 201924 Apr 2023

Brief

Police Links to Drug Trafficking Endemic in Paraguay

by Alex Papadovassilakis 4 Nov 201924 Apr 2023

The city of Itatí in Corrientes is a strategic point in the marijuana trade in Argentina

Argentina’s Itatí Trial Reveals City Corrupted by Marijuana Traffickers

by Josefina Salomon 19 Sep 201924 Apr 2023

Brief

Paraguay Currency Exchanges Launder Vast Amounts of Brazil Drug Money

by Maria Alejandra Navarrete Forero 4 Sep 201924 Apr 2023

Brief

Corrupt Paraguay Officials Allow Thriving Contraband Market Into Brazil

by Yuri Neves 26 Aug 201924 Apr 2023

Paraguay’s Underworld Fighting Back Against PCC in Brazil

by Chris Dalby and Federico Pinzón Arana 24 Jul 201924 Apr 2023

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