Plane Loaded with $15 Million Seized at Pa...

Paraguayan authorities seized a private aircraft at Asunción's Silvio Pettirossi airport carrying over $15 mil! Swipe to see →

PLANE LOADED WITH $15 MILLION SEIZED ...

On the afternoon of April 19, 2026, customs inspectors at Asunción's Silvio Pettirossi International Airport made a discovery that would ...

THE ANATOMY OF BULK CASH SMUGGLING

In an era of digital payments, cryptocurrency, and instant bank transfers, the persistence of physical cash in organized crime seems anac...

PARAGUAY: SOUTH AMERICA'S CASH SMUGGL...

Ciudad del Este — the flight's intended destination — sits at the convergence of three countries: Paraguay, Brazil (Foz do Iguaçu), and A...

THE INVESTIGATION: WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR

The aircraft's registered owner, Pacifico Aviación S.A., was incorporated in Panama City in November 2024. Panamanian corporate registrie...

THE BIGGER PICTURE: FINANCIAL CRIME I...

The Asunción seizure is significant not because $15 million is an unusually large amount — it isn't, by the standards of South American d...

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