By: Insight Crime May 23, 2023 Venezuela’s nationalization of the scrap metal industry opened the doors to a state-sponsored free-for-all, with public officials, private companies, military personnel, and criminal groups…
Category: VENEZUELA
Venezuela’s New Asset Forfeiture Law Unlikely to End Corruption
By: Insight Crime May 9, 20233 Venezuela’s National Assembly has passed an asset forfeiture law aimed at strengthening the fight against corruption. But in the hands of a corrupt state…
In Lara, Venezuela, Criminal ‘Colectivos’ Control Public Services
By: VENEZUELA INVESTIGATIVE UNIT- Insight Crime May 2, 2023 “They keep an eye on the transportation and the water. When something is damaged, they work with officials and fix it.…
Inside the Evaporating Black Market for Gasoline in Zulia, Venezuela
By: Insight Crime April 18, 2023 The black market for gasoline is quickly disappearing in Venezuela’s oil-rich state of Zulia as changing government policies and supply increases chip away at…
Venezuela Kills Gang Leader Whose Political Connections Were ‘Open Secret’
By: Insight Crime April 4, 2023 Venezuelan security forces have killed one of the country’s most-wanted criminals, “El Conejo” (The Rabbit). Despite El Conejo’s renown, his killing is more likely…
Venezuela Oil Minister Resigns Amid Political Fight With Criminal Ramifications
By: Insight Crime March 28, 2023 The resignation of Venezuela’s Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami, just days after the arrest of one of his most important allies, may be a…
Brutal but Futile: Venezuela’s Anti-Gang ‘Mega-Operations’
By: Insight Crime March 7, 2023 For three days in July 2021, the Caracas neighborhood of Cota 905 became an urban warzone. Just blocks away from Venezuela’s Miraflores presidential palace,…
Venezuela’s Organized Crime Top 10 for 2023
By: Insight Crime February 21, 2023 Venezuela’s organized crime groups and networks have evolved rapidly over the last decade, exploiting social and political crises that have wracked the country while…
OECS Commission expresses Condolences to Government and People of Venezuela in the aftermath of Fatal Flooding
October 14, 2022 The OECS Commission conveys with sadness, its deepest condolensces to the Government and People of Venezuela on the tragic loss of life, numerous casualties, and many who are…
Venezuela, Colombia, and the ELN at the Crossroads of Peace
By: Insight Crime October 11, 2022 President Gustavo Petro has offered Colombia a tantalizing vision of “Total Peace:” a negotiated end to all the armed conflicts that have plagued the…
Venezuela and the ELN’s Love-Hate Relationship with Drug Trafficking
By: Insight Crime October 11, 2022 In the border area where northeast Colombia’s Catatumbo region meets the northwestern Venezuelan state of Zulia is one of the world’s most seamless cocaine…
Pablito’s Plan: Rise of the ELN in Venezuela
By: Insight Crime October 11, 2022 On the morning of October 7, 2009, prison guards in the west Colombian state of Arauca were tasked with a simple but terrifying task:…