I think who abused was the govt and the Policia Federal, all those planes were operated Part 91 and followed the same system is used anywhere in the world for N reg planes.
Unless you hold a Green Card or you are an US citizen you can`t register an airplane in the US, as all the foreigns do you can use either a company that registers the plane for you (pretty expensive 2K+ USD a year for a small single engine), or set up your own US based company, which is just a name and a mail box in places like Delawere (100s of jets in Europe do this), this is not illegal or fraudulent it`s the only way the FAA allows you, and of course being based in Delawere gives you taxation benefits the govt down here thinks you are trying to evade Taxes. Airplanes are operated like this in Europe and Asia all the time, and nobody says anything. What is crazy is that those planes were legally leaving Brazil for Paraguay every 60 days....but all they want here is to rip you off with Taxes. they are probably trying to do the same with planes as they do with boats, being this probably one of the only country I know of where you can`t own a boat with foreign flag, it`s ridiculus.
They have to learn here that the way you get taxes from peoples and especailly companies is by not ripping them off and offer a profitable situation for them to bring their stuff here...oh I forgot those places are, as they call them here paraísos fiscais.....and are on a black list
Last edited by flyingswiss; 22nd Sep 2012 at 20:46.