On May 28, federal agents detained Facundo Leal (51 years old), former president of ARSAT and ORSNA, finding $2,591,354 USD in cash, 2,486,200 Argentine pesos and 128g of ketamine, 164g of crystalline MDMA, 72 MDMA pills and 14g of cocaine.
Facundo Leal, 42-year-old lawyer, former president of state company ARSAT (2022-2026) and former director of ORSNA appointed by the Milei administration in 2025, was detained for alleged money laundering and drug trafficking.
Ramón Gordils Montes, Venezuelan diplomat who held 28 positions since 1999, appears in Spanish judicial documents as intermediary between Venezuelan shareholders of Plus Ultra and the influence peddling network allegedly led by José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.
The Specialized Court for economic crimes in Paraguay will try from June 2 former Argentine senator Edgardo Kueider and his partner Iara Guinsel for attempted smuggling.
Five people were captured in the Santiago neighborhood of Cali in Popayán, Cauca, for vote buying. Security cameras documented individuals handing over money and receiving identification cards in public areas.
The General Prosecutor's Office dismantled the criminal network 'Del Caballito' dedicated to money laundering and issuance of false tax receipts, arresting 8 people including the alleged leaders Michael 'N' and Salvador 'N'.
Accountant Gabriel Mizzau declared himself repentant, confessing to having provided accounting advice between 2014-2018 to companies of the Alvarado clan (Logística Santino SRL and Sagrado Corazón de María SRL) to launder drug trafficking money, manipulating financial statements.
Judge Marcelo Aguinsky charged Luis Fernando Vuteff, Argentine financier, with money laundering of illicit sources conducted habitually and imposed an embargo of $5.1 million USD. Vuteff was convicted in the US (December 2024) to 30 months in prison for conspiracy to launder $1.
The US Department of Justice formally charged on April 24, 2025 (Eastern District of Virginia) two Chinese citizens, Ruhuan Zhen and Hongce Wu, with conspiracy to launder proceeds from international drug trafficking of the Sinaloa Cartel (CDS) and Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).
The US Department of the Treasury sanctioned on May 22, 2026 Armando de Jesús Ojeda, leader of cryptocurrency money laundering network for the 'Los Chapitos' faction of the Sinaloa Cartel.
The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office is investigating 75 formal complaints of electoral irregularities.
Judge Daniel Urrutia of the 7th Court of Guarantees in Santiago ordered preventive detention against former congressman Joaquín Lavín (former UDI, Independent Democratic Union conservative party) for formal charges of forgery and malicious use of private mercantile instrument, fraud against the Treasury and influence peddling.
Investigation by Armando.info reveals that during Nicolás Maduro's government, for every 2 dollars generated by PDVSA crude sales, one was diverted to private networks linked to power.
A federal jury in Miami convicted former U.S. Congressman David Rivera and lobbyist Esther Nuhfer of violating the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA) by secretly advancing Venezuelan government interests without proper registration.
Diego Bergonzi, an Italian national based in Houston, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to bribe a Pemex official in connection with a $540 million contract. Bergonzi is required to forfeit $1 million.
FINMA revoked MBaer Merchant Bank AG's license and ordered liquidation for serious, systematic AML and sanctions compliance failures. FINMA found that 80% of the bank's business relationships carried increased risks, and 98% of assets came from high-risk clients.
World Bank announced 15-month debarment of Ecuador-based Consultoria Técnica Cia. Ltda. CONTEC, a civil engineering consultancy, for fraudulent practices under the Guayaquil Wastewater Management Project.