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A Paraguayan court unanimously acquitted the former head of the Secretariat for Money Laundering Prevention (Seprelad), Óscar Boidanich, who was accused of deliberately delaying a report on currency trader Darío Messer. The court ruled that the Public Prosecutor's Office failed to prove that his actions obstructed the criminal prosecution.
Paraguayan police seized gun parts shipped from Miami and declared as electronics at the Luque airport, with suspicion that the final destination was Brazil for criminal factions.
Operation Hawala has arrested 10 people for laundering R$ 100 million for criminal factions and is investigating evidence of a link to Al-Qaeda in the Triple Frontier region.
Two former employees of Paraguay's tax and customs authority, DNIT, have been ordered to stand trial for extortion and corruption after being accused of demanding cash payments to release a shipment at the Luque airport.
The Paraguayan Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating allegations of alleged Chinese cyber espionage in state systems, filed following a joint alert with the United States, while China denies the accusations.
Paraguay acknowledges a shortage of cybersecurity technicians after neutralizing, with U.S. support, a cyberattack attributed to China, a problem exacerbated by the private sector's salary competition.
A Paraguayan Navy petty officer crashed through a security barrier and died by suicide with a gunshot in front of the Government Palace in Asunción after being intercepted by police and military personnel.
A man was arrested in Canindeyú on suspicion of providing logistical support to the “Macho” drug-trafficking group and belonging to the self-styled Paraguayan People’s Army’s (EPP) Terrorism Support Network (RAT).
Former police officer Richar Cáceres Ojeda, who had been released by the Ñeembucú court system, was killed in a shootout with police in Alberdi after resuming a series of robberies.
Paraguay’s National Directorate of Migration reported 1,338 exit-denial cases and 867 foreign nationals denied entry in the first half of 2026, along with cases involving document fraud and internationally wanted individuals.
The governments of Paraguay and the United States issued a joint statement denouncing cyber espionage operations against Paraguayan state networks, which they attribute to actors linked to the Chinese government.
Three drones were spotted flying over Minga Guazú prison, prompting police to carry out preventive patrols in the area.
Two plainclothes police officers fled with a stolen car from Brazil that had been located inside the courtyard of the 8th Police Precinct in San Estanislao, Paraguay, after the rental company's lawyer identified the vehicle.
A gang in Ciudad del Este has been kidnapping and robbing victims, predominantly Brazilian tourists, after luring them with fake profiles on the Grindr app, in a series of cases with the same modus operandi.
A police operation to recover a stolen cell phone in the Chacarita neighborhood of Asunción resulted in the arrest of two men and the seizure of drugs and 140 rounds of military-grade ammunition.
Following the robbery of an armored car in Yataity del Norte, the Public Prosecutor's Office and DNIT seized smartphones and medications lacking proper documentation that were being transported, investigating crimes such as smuggling and tax evasion.
Brazil's Federal Revenue Service seized 3,500 vials of medication, mostly for weight loss, valued at R$ 320,000 and hidden in the doors of a car on the BR-277 highway in Paraná.
The nephew of Barón Escurra, Édgar Rafael Escurra, was arrested in Amambay along with three other suspects in an operation by Paraguay's National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD). The operation seized drugs, weapons, and vehicles, dismantling the alleged criminal structure he led following his uncle's flight from justice.
Paraguay and Colombia strengthen cooperation against drug trafficking and transnational organized crime in meeting led by SENAD.
The U.S. Attorney's Office accuses Sebastián Marset of murdering businessman Mauricio Schwartzman in Asunción and involvement in narco-terrorism, money laundering, and leading a criminal organization.
The U.S. Justice Department has expanded its charges against Uruguayan national Sebastián Marset, leader of the First Uruguay Cartel, to include narco-terrorism and international cocaine trafficking, following his capture in Bolivia and subsequent extradition. Prosecutors allege that he coordinated with the Gulf Clan to ship 1,700 kilograms of cocaine and relied on financial operators such as Federico Santoro Vassallo—who was sentenced to 15 years in prison—to launder the illicit profits through cryptocurrencies and international bank transfers.
The Paraguayan government has completed Operativo Umbral 3.5, transferring 618 inmates to permanently separate convicted prisoners from those awaiting trial, as mandated by the National Constitution.
A cell phone seized during a search in San Lorenzo may contain money laundering data linked to convicted Clan Rotela leader Armando Javier Rotela Ayala.
SENAD minister Jalil Rachid said Paraguay is no longer a critical cocaine route to Europe and cited seizures and $700 million in losses for organized crime. A UN report points to rising trafficking, while Copolad III's director urged a response based on science, public health and institutional cooperation.