Monday, March 04, 2002

Brazil probes Moonie land purchases


The authorities in Brazil are investigating the purchase of vast estates close to its border with Paraguay by the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church.
The church owns large amounts of property, including an entire town in Paraguay.
Members regard Revered Moon as the messiah
The area is notorious for smuggling and money laundering and Brazil's authorities are worried about a foreigner owning so much land in a border region.
Since the mid-1990's, the Reverend Moon's Unification Church has been buying up land both in Brazil and in Paraguay.


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