On November 28, 2016 a comprehensive bill of law on asset laundering was sent to Parliament

The public tender is schedule for November 2016, with a term of 5 months to submit bids, 4 months for provisional award and 6 months for final award.

The publisher who is the owner of the copyrights to the "Smurf" cartoon characters served notice on a publisher who had used Smurf images in a schoolbook.

FERRERE advised a German based wind turbines manufacturer, ENERCON GMBH, through its subsidiary Agua Leguas S.A...

On April 3 Daniel Espinosa Teibo was designated as new National Secretary for the Fight Against Asset Laundering and Terrorism Financing in Resolution P/1705.

On December 16, 2016, The Ministry of Institutional Transparency and fight against corruption (MITFC) and the National Confederation of Entrepreneurs (NCE) signed a Public-Private Alliance...

The System for the Compilation of Information from Financial Entities, part of the Integrated System For Anticorruption Information And Recovery Of State Property began operating on September 1, 2016.

On September 2, 2017, Lenin Moreno completed his first one hundred days as President of Ecuador, during which he has shown openness to opposition parties, while being met with intense in-fighting within his own Alianza País party.

The Law on Modernization and Strengthening of Paraguayan Financial System Regulations (Law 5,787/16) modified the previous banking law in the following key ways:

The National Intellectual Property Office (DINAPI), in Resolution No. 01/2017 of February 28, 2017, established that all trademark agents must file trademark registration applications electronically...

On July 25, 2017, the head of SICOM (a technical management organism of Paraguay's Presidency in charge of directing, supervising, coordinating, performing and assessing programs, projects, plans...

The authorities continue working on these issues, and another call for local and international bidders is expected by the end of 2016.

The third stage involves construction of the plant, which would take a period of 30 months.

Minister of Mining, Javier Cordova, issued a Ministerial Agreement ("Agreement") that reformed the Instructive of Metal Mining Concessions ("Instructive").

In June 2016, Ecuador promulgated the Law of Prevention, Detection and Eradication of the Crime of Asset Laundering and the Financing of Crimes...

Since last year, the National Anticorruption Secretariat ("SENAC") has enabled three methods for the public to denounce acts of corruption.

On September 04, 2017 a law was enacted requiring all state and public-private entities to create Transparency Units responsible for receiving reports of possible corruption

The government has guaranteed that this year it will invest USD 2.4 billion in oil and gas, in the context of its economic policy for the sector's development.

To comply with Paraguay's obligations under article 5 (1) of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, ratified by Law No. 2,535/04, regarding developing and implementing effective coordinated anti-corruption policies that promote the participation of society and reflect the principles of the rule of law, proper management of public affairs and public property, integrity, transparency and accountability, the National Anti-Corruption Secretariat (Secretaría Nacional Anticorrupción or "SEN

On June 26, 2017, the Executive branch issued regulations for Tax Transparency Law Nº 19,484, which requires corporations, trusts, investment funds and other corporate structures with presence in Uruguay...