Paraguay - August 2025

On 5 August, Paraguay’s Attorney General’s Office announced it had requested reports from the Secretariat for the Prevention of Money or Asset Laundering (Seprelad) as part of an investigation into former President Mario Abdo Benítez (2018-2023) over alleged offshore accounts. The probe followed Attorney General Emiliano Rolón’s statement on 23 July, confirming an inquiry into claims that Abdo Benítez and his wife concealed over USD 20 million in undeclared bank accounts in the Seychelles. The allegations first surfaced on 20 July in local media, prompting Abdo Benítez to publicly deny them on 21 July. He dismissed the reports as ’false information’ and as politically motivated probe intended to damage his reputation.

Sources: El Litoral, Seychelles Independent News Agency, Merco Press