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Thirty tons of Venezuelan currency are seized in Paraguay; smuggled from Brazil

Thursday, February 16th 2017 - 10:43 UTC
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Central Bank employees will count about 30 tons of Venezuelan currency seized in a private house in Paraguay, while officials try to figure out why the vast quantity of 50- and 100-bolivar bills was brought into the country. The cash was discovered in Salto del Guaira, a city about 370 kilometers northeast of the capital of Asuncion, on the border with Brazil in a region known for the contraband trade. Read full article

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  • Kanye

    Repatriate it to take care of the toilet paper shortage

    Feb 16th, 2017 - 02:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Little J

    Kanye:

    A great idea. Congratulations!!

    Feb 16th, 2017 - 04:25 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Jack Bauer

    US$ 3 million worth of asswipes.....to be converted into counterfeit currency....sounds like good business.

    Feb 16th, 2017 - 07:07 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Briton

    I did not realise that the Venezuelan currency was that useless.

    Feb 16th, 2017 - 08:23 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • :o))

    Sounds like the Venezuela-Brazil collaboration! Surely, it will last and can bear MANY fruits [rotten]!

    Feb 17th, 2017 - 11:42 am - Link - Report abuse -1

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