"… ICIJ …"

"… rested for smuggling in the United States, was again arrested last week by Paraguayan federal police, according to a report in the newspaper ABC Color.Silveir …"

"… ndrés Castro Vargas, carried concealed guns without a license to do so in Paraguay. The guns were a Smith & Wesson .45 mm, with three ammunition cartridg …"

"… at scale." News accounts also have described Silveira as well-connected in Paraguayan political and business circles. He was part of a group of alleged smuggl …"

"… ddy, mile-wide Paraná River that cuts a natural border between Brazil and Paraguay. Here the soil is red, the terrain is flat with ample soybean and mate lea …"

"… al. Just 150 miles north from the notorious Tri-Border Area, where Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina meet, Guaíra is today a major weapons and drugs corridor in …"

"… widely smuggled through this city, and more profitable to smugglers, than Paraguayan cigarettes.Dozens of motor boats crammed with tobacco cross the Paraná …"

"… ts crammed with tobacco cross the Paraná River daily from the neighboring Paraguayan city of Salto del Guairá. The smugglers feed an illicit trade that inje …"

"… politicians during election time. “And all we ask is to be left alone.” …"

"… re. So on February 6, 2009, Rios coordinated the largest cigarette bust in Paraguay’s history: 46 million "sticks," stored in a shabby, illegal warehouse lo …"

"… se eyebrows in most countries. But the raid proved an exceptional event in Paraguay, a country that for decades has been branded paraíso de contrabandistas � …"

"… abandistas — a smugglers’ paradise. Cigarette seizures rarely occur in Paraguay, where tobacco factories are owned by the some of the country’s richest …"

"… al and celebrated role in fostering international cooperation. Its current chief is Ron Noble, a former U.S. federal prosecutor and oft-mentioned candidate …"

"… r and oft-mentioned candidate to one-day lead the FBI. Noble has served as chief of the Secret Service, U.S. Customs and the bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fi …"

"… ligious or racial character,” according to its constitution.Interpol’s chief lawyer, Joël Sollier, said the agency works hard to ferret out cases chie …"

"… hief lawyer, Joël Sollier, said the agency works hard to ferret out cases chiefly motivated by politics, rather than crime. “If we don’t,” he said, …"

"… fter a 1987 special inquiry commission led by former Israeli Supreme Court Judge Moshe Landau found that Israeli interrogators not only used torture to com …"

"… ting industry. Once a minor problem, today underground factories in China, Paraguay, and Eastern Europe manufacture literally billions of fake cigarettes — …"

"… South America’s notorious Tri-border area between Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. The distribution systems are complex, the smuggling routes circuitous and …"

"… at include insect eggs and human feces.• Smuggling Made Easy: Landlocked Paraguay Emerges as a Top Producer of Contraband Tobacco. Paraguay’s renegade fac …"

"… Easy: Landlocked Paraguay Emerges as a Top Producer of Contraband Tobacco. Paraguay’s renegade factories produce more than 20 times what the country consume …"

"… d the world. Huge tobacco black markets have arisen from New York State to Paraguay to Eastern Europe, as smugglers move cheap and counterfeit cigarettes to s …"

"… l parsimonioso río Paraná que dibuja una frontera natural entre Brasil y Paraguay. Aquí la tierra es roja, el paisaje llano con amplias plantaciones de soj …"

"… . Ubicada a 250 kilómetros de la Triple Frontera, donde convergen Brasil, Paraguay y Argentina, Guaíra es hoy un ajetreado y violento corredor regional de d …"

"… n a diario el río Paraná desde la vecina ciudad de Salto del Guairá, en Paraguay. Los contrabandistas inyectan miles de millones de cigarrillos en San Pabl …"

"… de las fronteras.Silveira, de 44 años, apodado Zero Um (El Capo), huyó a Paraguay luego de ser acusado de orquestar el asesinato de un empresario de Guaír …"

"… servations to the lawless border lands of northwest Pakistan and southeast Paraguay.PROJECT STAFFEditor: David E. KaplanDeputy Editor: Marina Walker GuevaraWe …"

"… William Marsden (Canada), Paul Christian Radu (Romania), Mabel Rehnfeldt (Paraguay), Roman Shleynov (Russia), Leo Sisti (Italy), Daniel Santoro (Argentina), …"

"… sia, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri …"