RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Three individuals linked to corruption networks in Paraguay and five companies associated with them were singled out Tuesday by the U.S. Treasury Department for financial sanctions under the Magnitsky Act.
Among the accused are "despachantes," a kind of middleman between influence networks and the Paraguayan bureaucratic apparatus to expedite illegal deals, according to the US Treasury Department.
The sanctioned individuals are Kassem Mohamad Hijazi, Khalil Ahmad Hijazi, and Liz Paola Doldan Gonzalez, who were implicated in "corruption in Paraguay," the Treasury Department said in a press release.
"These designations under the Global Magnitsky Act sanctions . . .
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