The anticipated sale of seized assets, by the paraguayan State

Abstract

This article addresses the problem that arose from the enactment of Law N° 5876/2017 “OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF SEIZED AND COMMISSIONED ASSETS”, with regard to the administration by the Paraguayan State of assets seized by the Public Ministry in the framework of open criminal cases, with the aim of determining the scope of the administrative acts carried out by the State, with respect to the aforementioned assets, considering their legal status. The analysis focuses specifically on anticipated sale as an act of administration of assets seized by the State, through the study of both Paraguayan and foreign bibliography; as well as the description of the procedure for the anticipated sale of seized assets and the social controversy that creates the possible violation of the right to private property, through the analysis of internal administrative documentation of the National Secretariat for the Administration of Seized and Commissed Assets, and the conducting interviews with key actors within the administration system of assets seized by the Paraguayan State.