Paraguay's maquila regime attracts brands such as Lacoste, Wrangler, Fila, and Good American, which already produce in the country. The system offers tax exemptions on inputs and machinery, provided the final product is exported. Beyond garment manufacturing, the sector is expanding into services like telemedicine and software development, concentrating in four strategic zones.
Secretaría de Prevención de Lavado de Dinero
Entidad paraguaya encargada de prevenir el lavado de dinero, que reportó sobre los bancos investigados.
More than a year after the Public Prosecutor's Office filed formal charges, the criminal case investigating the leak of confidential and manipulated Seprelad reports remains stalled. The defendants, former members of Mario Abdo Benítez's government, have used successive appeals to block the preliminary hearing. The case is now before the Supreme Court of Justice, awaiting a decision.
Óscar Boidanich, former minister of the Secretariat for the Prevention of Money Laundering (Seprelad), faces trial for allegedly delaying by ten months the communication of an intelligence report linking Brazilian money exchanger Darío Messer to former president Horacio Cartes, hampering asset seizure.
The former head of the Secretariat for the Prevention of Money Laundering (Seprelad), Óscar Boidanich, went on trial this Wednesday on charges of deliberately delaying an intelligence report on Brazilian money exchanger Darío Messer, described as a 'soul brother' of former president Horacio Cartes. Prosecutors say the ten-month delay prevented the seizure of illicitly obtained assets.