The Bicameral Commission of Investigation (CBI) of Congress, which will investigate money laundering and related crimes in Paraguay, will include among its edges the explosive case of the Atlas bank, of the Zuccolillo family, which is being targeted by its suspicious operations with a powerful narco and his intention to recover the money loaned to a figurehead of the mobster.
In an interview with the Universo 970 – Nación Media radio station, Senator Jorge Querey (Frente Guasu) was asked about the shady commercial operations of the Zuccolillo bank that were exposed and generated a tremendous stir at the media and political level, due to their implications in financial field and in the fight against drug trafficking.
In this sense, in his capacity as president of the Bicameral Commission of Investigation (CBI) of Congress, he indicated that this legislative body will investigate this and other cases that arise. “All issues will be investigated by the Commission, with the only condition that they have supporting documents,” he said.
The FG legislator indicated that they still do not have the documentation of the case that involves the Atlas bank with the narco Luiz Carlos da Rocha, alias “Cabeça Branca, so now they will focus on requesting those reports from the State institutions.
The legislative body that began operating yesterday in Congress is made up of senators Jorge Querey, Juan Afara and Salyn Buzarquis, as well as deputies Basilio Núñez, Jorge Ávalos Mariño and Hugo Ramírez. This Bicameral Commission will be chaired by Senator Jorge Querey; Congressman Jorge Ávalos was elected as vice president and the story will be senator Juan Afara.
THE BUSINESS BETWEEN ATLAS AND THE NARCO
The Atlas bank granted a loan of US$6.5 million to a company linked to what is considered to be the largest drug trafficker in South America. Gilberto Suárez, accused of money laundering, client of Atlas, appears as a front man for the well-known narco “Cabeça Branca”.
The prosecutor Lorena Ledesma, of the Specialized Unit in the fight against Drug Trafficking, points out in her brief that the Zuccolillo’s bank would have actively participated in operations for the “granting of loans to people who did not meet the financial profile, and thus way to contribute to the integration of sums of money resulting from drug trafficking.
