Overview
- Investigators seized a 2021 contract granting TourProdEnter LLC exclusive control of AFA’s overseas commercial operations with a 30% fee plus 10% on logistics, signed by Claudio Tapia and Pablo Toviggino.
- Prosecutors say more than US$260 million moved through the intermediary and at least US$42 million went to Florida-linked entities, as Judge Luis Armella ordered fiscal and banking secrecy lifted and sought U.S. bank records.
- Javier Faroni was stopped at Aeroparque when trying to fly to Uruguay under a court travel ban, and authorities report no mobile device was recovered as searches for his electronics continue.
- Argentina’s financial intelligence chief Paul Starc plans early‑2026 meetings with FinCEN and a Miami prosecutor to obtain financial intelligence tied to the case.
- Allanamientos at AFA’s Viamonte headquarters and Ezeiza complex also yielded payment orders showing transfers exceeding US$1.2 million to TourProdEnter, and AFA issued a statement saying it is cooperating with the court.