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Two Colombian businessmen charged with money laundering in connection with Venezuela bribery scheme

July 25, 2019
… charged with money laundering in connection with Venezuela bribery scheme July 25, 2019 Miami Contact Info … connection with a scheme to pay bribes to take advantage of Venezuela’s government-controlled exchange rate.    The …
July 25, 2019
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Five Individuals Charged with Money Laundering in Connection with Alleged Venezuela Bribery Scheme

October 21, 2021
… Charged with Money Laundering in Connection with Alleged Venezuela Bribery Scheme October 21, 2021 Miami Contact Info … unsealed today, charging three Colombian nationals and two Venezuelan nationals for their alleged roles in laundering … the proceeds of contracts to provide food and medicine to Venezuela that were obtained through bribes. According to …
October 21, 2021
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Former Top Leaders Of Venezuela’s Anti-Narcotics Agency Indicted For Trafficking Drugs To The United States

August 01, 2016
… Former Top Leaders Of Venezuela’s Anti-Narcotics Agency Indicted For Trafficking … The former General Director and Sub-Director of Venezuela’s La Oficina Nacional Antidrogas allegedly …
August 01, 2016
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Nephews Of Venezuela First Lady Each Sentenced To 18 Years In Prison For Conspiring To Import Cocaine Into The United States

December 15, 2017
… Nephews Of Venezuela First Lady Each Sentenced To 18 Years In Prison … part to fund an election campaign for the first lady of Venezuela, Efrain Antonio Campo Flores and Franqui Francisco … had engaged in a scheme to solicit bribes from debtors of Venezuela’s state-run oil and natural gas company, Petróleos …
December 15, 2017
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Two former Venezuelan officials charged and two businessmen plead guilty in connection with Venezuela bribery scheme

June 27, 2019
… Two former Venezuelan officials charged and two businessmen plead guilty in connection with Venezuela bribery scheme June 27, 2019 Headquarters Contact … Venezuelan government minister and a former officer at Venezuela’s state-owned and state-controlled electricity …
June 27, 2019
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Nephews Of First Lady Of Venezuela Found Guilty Of Conspiring To Import Cocaine Into The United States

November 18, 2016
… Nephews Of First Lady Of Venezuela Found Guilty Of Conspiring To Import Cocaine Into … Campo Flores and Flores De Freitas worked with others in Venezuela and elsewhere in an effort to dispatch large loads … from Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela.  In early October 2015, an individual who was …
November 18, 2016
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Nicolás Maduro Moros and 14 current and former Venezuelan officials charged with narco-terrorism, corruption, drug trafficking and other criminal charges

March 26, 2020
… Nicolás Maduro Moros and 14 current and former Venezuelan officials charged with narco-terrorism, … – Former president of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro Moros, Venezuela’s vice president for the economy, Venezuela’s …
March 26, 2020
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Mexican Citizen Pleads Guilty To Role In Organization Responsible For Flying Hundreds Of Kilograms Of Cocaine To The U.S. And Laundering Money From Its Sales

December 08, 2014
… that smuggled multi-hundred kilogram loads of cocaine from Venezuela through Mexico for eventual distribution in the … aircraft in order to transport large drug loads from Venezuela to Mexico, money from the sale of the drugs from the U.S. back to Mexico and money to Venezuela for the purchase of more narcotics. The …
December 08, 2014
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Mexican Man Sentenced For Roles In Drug Trafficking/Money Laundering Conspiracies Dating Back To 2002

December 20, 2016
… that smuggled multi-hundred kilogram loads of cocaine from Venezuela through Mexico for eventual distribution in the … aircraft in order to transport large drug loads from Venezuela to Mexico, money from the sale of the drugs from the U.S. back to Mexico and money to Venezuela for the purchase of more narcotics. The …
December 20, 2016
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Former member of Venezuelan National Assembly charged with narco-terrorism, drug trafficking and weapons offenses

May 27, 2020
… Former member of Venezuelan National Assembly charged with narco-terrorism, … El Zabayar allegedly worked with the former President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro Moros and other prominent … meetings with Diosdado Cabello Rondón, the president of Venezuela’s National Constituent Assembly and a member of …
May 27, 2020
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Colombian Businessman Charged with Money Laundering Extradited to the United States from Cabo Verde

October 19, 2021
… connection with a scheme to pay bribes to take advantage of Venezuela’s government-controlled exchange rate. He is … defendants and their co-conspirators then took advantage of Venezuela’s government-controlled exchange rate, under which …
October 19, 2021
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Former Venezuelan Military Official Sentenced for Money Laundering and Bribery Scheme

May 23, 2024
… Former Venezuelan Military Official Sentenced for Money Laundering … Miami.Training@dea.gov MIAMI—A former officer in the Venezuelan National Guard was sentenced today to one year … Enriquez, 47, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and formerly of Venezuela, participated in an illegal scheme to finance …
May 23, 2024
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Twenty Alleged Members And Associates Of Colombia’s Largest Drug Cartel Charged

June 02, 2011
… an indictment charging 20 individuals from Colombia, Venezuela and Massachusetts with drug trafficking and money … 5. JOHAN LEONARDO JAUREGUI VARGAS, 37, of Colombia and Venezuela a.k.a. “Jhojan Jauregui Frias” a.k.a. “Leo” 6. CARLOS ORLANDO ZAMBRANO-BRICEÑO, 44, of Venezuela a.k.a. “Ajigbotifa Agunsola” 7. JOSE ALBERTO …
June 02, 2011
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Rewards Offered for Capture of Three Former Venezuelan Officials Charged in Miami Federal Court with Drug Trafficking and Other Crimes

September 29, 2020
… Rewards Offered for Capture of Three Former Venezuelan Officials Charged in Miami Federal Court with … to the capture, arrest, and conviction of three former Venezuelan officials who for years have failed to personally … 53, the former Chief of Economic Intelligence of the Venezuelan Intelligence Service (Servicio Bolivariano de …
September 29, 2020
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Colombian Cartel Leader Sentenced To 11 Years In Prison For Trafficking Narcotics Sold In The United States

January 13, 2016
… Jersey announced a Colombian cartel leader expelled from Venezuela to face federal charges in New Jersey for his role … a/k/a “El Viejo,” a/k/a “Hector,” was arrested in Valencia, Venezuela, on Jan. 13, 2010, and subsequently expelled by Venezuelan authorities to the United States. Camacho was …
January 13, 2016
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Nineteen Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

May 27, 2014
… and conspiracy to import heroin from Colombia and Venezuela into Puerto Rico, announced U.S. Attorney Rosa … Some defendants, acting as couriers, would travel into Venezuela to meet with other defendants who would provide … suitcases; transporting the suitcases from Colombia into Venezuela and delivering the suitcases to couriers. Some …
May 27, 2014
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Supervisor Of Colombian Maritime Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison

September 22, 2022
… trafficked literal tons of cocaine from Colombia and Venezuela to Puerto Rico, Spain, and other locations BOSTON … of kilograms of cocaine, sourced in Colombia, by boat via Venezuela to Spain, Puerto Rico, and other locations. The … region of Colombia and transported to Isla Margarita, Venezuela. Thereafter – based on an agreed-upon date, time, …
September 22, 2022
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Colombian National sentenced to 60 months for maritime cocaine trafficking

June 22, 2020
… of cocaine that was sourced in Colombia and shipped via Venezuela to Spain, Puerto Rico, and other locations. The … Colombia, transported to the port city of Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, and then ferried to Isla Margarita, off the coast of Venezuela. Thereafter, based upon an agreed-upon date, time, …
June 22, 2020
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Colombian Cocaine Smuggler Sentenced To More Than 15 Years In Federal Prison

July 28, 2014
…  On June 22, 2005, the Beechcraft King Air was flown from Venezuela to Colombia to retrieve approximately 2,000 … Air Force. The pilots never landed, but retreated back to Venezuela.  After landing in Venezuela, the pilot and co-pilot were arrested. On October …
July 28, 2014
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NINETEEN PERSONS INVOLVED IN A DOMINICAN BASED ORGANIZATION ARE INDICTED ON DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES

November 20, 2003
… with raids in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela. Several significant drug traffickers were arrested in the Dominican Republic and Venezuela and are currently being held in those countries … law enforcement, and agencies in the Dominican Republic and Venezuela. SAC Nagel particularly lauded the efforts of …
November 20, 2003
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Pilot Charged In Cocaine Trafficking Scheme Extradited From Paraguay

July 25, 2022
… was registered in the U.S., from the Dominican Republic to Venezuela where the cocaine was to be loaded onto the jet.  … Las Casas was the pilot and Sanchez was the co-pilot.  From Venezuela, the jet was to fly to Honduras where the cocaine … The plane crash-landed just short of a landing strip in Venezuela.  Sanchez, De Las Casas and another co-conspirator …
July 25, 2022
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Pilot Involved in Cocaine Trafficking Scheme Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison

December 21, 2023
… was registered in the U.S., from the Dominican Republic to Venezuela where the cocaine was to be loaded onto the jet.  … Las Casas was the pilot and Sanchez was the co-pilot.  From Venezuela, the jet was to fly to Honduras where the cocaine … The plane crash-landed just short of a landing strip in Venezuela.  Sanchez, De Las Casas and another co-conspirator …
December 21, 2023
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Italian national connected to seizure of over 1,500 kilos of cocaine bound for Europe aboard fishing vessels pleads guilty to cocaine trafficking

May 10, 2019
… an operation that trafficked Colombian cocaine by boat via Venezuela to Spain, Puerto Rico and other locations. … arranged for the drugs to be transported to Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela. Thereafter, based upon an agreed-upon date, time, … and learned that the cocaine shipment had departed from Venezuela. On Aug. 25, 2014, an international law …
May 10, 2019
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Extradition Of Alleged International Narcotics Trafficker Charged With Conspiring To Engage In Narco-Terrorism And To Support The FARC

April 26, 2013
… ran cocaine laden aircrafts from Colombia, through Venezuela, Honduras, and into Mexico for distribution onto … FARC to secure safe passage of drugs through Colombia and Venezuela. I commend the members of the New York Strike … The cocaine was transported through the Apure region of Venezuela, flown to Honduras, and thereafter sent to the …
April 26, 2013
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International Narcotics Trafficker Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To The Manufacture, Shipment, And Importation Of Tons Of Cocaine Into The United States And Other Countries

February 05, 2014
… proceedings: Between in or about 1992 until his arrest in Venezuela in or about 2011, Rios Suarez, along with his … department of Colombia and other areas of Colombia near the Venezuelan border.  During that time, Rios Suarez and his … tens of thousands of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia and Venezuela to the United States and other countries through …
February 05, 2014
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International Narcotics Trafficker Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To 54 Years In Prison For The Manufacture, Shipment, And Importation Of Tons Of Cocaine Into The United States And Other Countries

June 27, 2014
… hearing in May 2014: Between 1992 and his arrest in Venezuela in 2011, Rios Suarez, along with his … department of Colombia and other areas of Colombia near the Venezuelan border.  During that time, Rios Suarez and his … of thousands of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia and Venezuela to the United States and other countries through …
June 27, 2014
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Owners Of Miami Export Business Found Guilty Of Operating Unlicensed Money Transmitting Business And International Money Laundering

November 16, 2017
… from entities outside the United States, mostly located in Venezuela, to bank accounts in the United States and … million into the United States on behalf of KCT, a large Venezuelan consortium of construction companies.  After they received this money from the Venezuelan Company, the defendants received instructions …
November 16, 2017
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Guatemalan Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty To Using U.S. Registered Aircraft To Transport Thousands Of Kilograms Of Cocaine

March 03, 2016
… large amounts of cocaine from clandestine airstrips in Venezuela to clandestine airstrips in Honduras.  Also as part of the conspiracy, Chang-Monroy arranged with the Venezuelan military for the safe passage of the drug trafficking aircraft through Venezuelan air space.  The first aircraft purchased by …
March 03, 2016
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Florida Pilot Involved in Cocaine Trafficking Scheme is Sentenced

June 02, 2024
… was registered in the U.S., from the Dominican Republic to Venezuela where the cocaine was to be loaded onto the jet.  … Las Casas was the pilot and Sanchez was the co-pilot.  From Venezuela, the jet was to fly to Honduras where the cocaine … The plane crash-landed just short of a landing strip in Venezuela.  De Las Casas, Sanchez, and another …
June 02, 2024
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Florida Pilot Involved in Cocaine Trafficking Scheme is Sentenced

May 30, 2024
… was registered in the U.S., from the Dominican Republic to Venezuela where the cocaine was to be loaded onto the jet.  … Las Casas was the pilot and Sanchez was the co-pilot.  From Venezuela, the jet was to fly to Honduras where the cocaine … The plane crash-landed just short of a landing strip in Venezuela.  De Las Casas, Sanchez, and another …
May 30, 2024