Paraguay s Liliana Elizabeth Alcaraz Recalde, who heads the South American country s Secretariat for the Prevention of Money and Asset Laundering (Seprelad), took over the pro tempore presidency of the Latin American Financial Action Task Force (Gafilat) for the period 2024 during the XLVIII Meeting held at the exclusive Uruguayan beach resort of Punta del Este between Dec. 11 and 15. Guatemala s Jorge Marroquín was appointed Vice-President.