Buenos Aires, December 6, 2025 – Total News Agency-TNA-A society created with barely 300,000 pesos and managed by a retired self-employed taxpayer and her son, former treasurer of Almirante Brown, ended up becoming the owner of a mansion with a helipad and a car collection exceeding one hundred units. The case, denounced by the Civic Coalition as a money laundering network and the alleged use of frontmen for the highest authorities of the AFA, once again exposes an opaque circuit that mixes football, politics, companies with no real activity, and an immense fortune impossible to justify with declared income. The company in question, Real Central SRL, formerly called Central Drinks, formally belongs to Ana Lucía Conte, a retiree who received social subsidies during the pandemic, and her son, Luciano Pantano, with 5% of the shareholding and known ties within the leadership structure of Argentine football. The contrast is one of the elements that fuels the conviction of the complainants: the company would have been created to hide assets that do not belong to those who sign the documents, but to third parties with true economic and political power within the world of football. As the investigation progresses, the volume of information reveals patterns difficult to justify: abrupt variations in assets, consecutive purchases of cars valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars, and a corporate structure that has no relation to any visible business.
Argentina: AFA Investigation and Alleged Money Laundering
An investigation in Argentina targets a society linked to AFA's leadership, which owns a massive collection of luxury cars, raising suspicions of money laundering. The company, formally owned by a retiree, shows no real business activity to justify its immense fortune.