Vendors at work on a bustling Ciudad del Este street. Photo: R.M. Nunes/Shutterstock
Paraguay’s Ciudad del Este is a busy South American contraband hub where scrappy Paraguayan vendors and Brazilian traders mix with businessmen from places as far away as Lebanon and South Korea. This hive of activity moves billions of dollars worth of consumer goods, everything from smartphones to whiskey.
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