Venezuela 2024: Elections and Criminal Consolidation
by Venezuela Investigative Unit in ‘Insight Crime’
Tag: crime
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Rebels passed through Venezuela en route to Colombia before deadly attack, report reveals.
Article by Luke Taylor for the Guardian | Jauary 27th, 2025
US Government plans more sanctions targeting Venezuelan gold exports
As the Maduro Regime attempts to maneuver around sanctions that are limiting its ability to produce revenues via PDVSA, they are trying to ramp up gold, diamond and coltan production, circumvent the Central Bank of Venezuela by smuggling these conflict minerals through Colombia, Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao and lately direct flights to Turkey, in order to export the minerals directly to Turkey and Iran.