Latest news about crime and security in Paraguay. Information about the black market in Paraguay is collected from international organizations, intelligence reports, national security agencies and news articles.
According to federal police, up to 70 percent of the illegal drugs and contraband cigarettes that are smuggled into Brazil enter through illegal ports and entries around the Itaipu Dam and the Parana River on the border with Paraguay.
Source: Stephanie Garlow, “Brazil deploys 7,000 troops to combat drug trafficking,” GlobalPost, Que Pasa Blog, September 20, 2011.
5,900 tons of marijuana is produced each year in Paraguay.
Source: Associated Press, “Brazil, Paraguay fight narcos with border security,” Google News, May 3, 2010.
40 tons of cocaine and up to 15 percent of the world’s marijuana supply is smuggled through Paraguay each year.
Source: Associated Press, “Brazil, Paraguay fight narcos with border security,” Google News, May 3, 2010.
At the start of 2010, Mexico was the largest Marijuana producing country in the world, followed by Paraguay.
Source: Luis Andres Henao, “Latin America rejects old U.S. approach in drugs war,” Reuters, January 29, 2010.
The United States estimates that up to $6 Billion in illicit revenue is laundered each year through the Paraguay city of Ciudad del Este.
The city is part of the Tri-Border area of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.
The sales of counterfeit goods and other pirated products in Paraguay creates a $12 Billion black market every year.
