Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Aides to former Venezuela leader Hugo Chávez charged with laundering £1.5bn

Aides to former Venezuela leader Hugo Chávez charged with laundering £1.5bn 1
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Aides to former Venezuela leader Hugo Chávez charged with laundering £1.5bn 2
Brasília-DF, 06/06/2011. Presidenta Dilma Rousseff e o presidente da Venezuela, Hugo Chávez durante coletiva a imprensa após reunião. Foto: Roberto Stuckert Filho/PR.

 Senior officials from the regime of Hugo Chávez, the former Venezuelan president, have been tracked down and charged for allegedly plundering £1.5 billion from the state oil company. The cash was allegedly paid into opaque accounts in the private Banca Privada d’Andorra (BPA) between 2007 and 2012. Among those accused are Nervis Villalobos and Javier Alvarado, both former deputy ministers.. […]

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