A beautiful woman is the ultimate trophy for a mafia boss, especially if she’s a Venezuelan beauty queen: trained to be gorgeous and submissive, often with some connections to politicians. Daniel Uzcátegui Specht, a white-collar…
The U.S. government announced on Wednesday a new regulation that restricts access to asylum at the border with Mexico, replacing Title 42, a rule from the Trump administration that allowed for the immediate expulsion of…
Siri Evjemo-Nysveen, wife of Italian businessman Alessandro Bazzoni and linked to the corruption scandal at Venezuelan state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), has recently purchased two Olympic dressage horses, each costing over one million…
The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) is conducting an investigation into Jesús Alfredo Vergara Betancourt, a Venezuelan businessman suspected of being involved in illicit activities with the Venezuelan Corporation of Guayana (CVG),…
As investigations into the PDVSA corruption network unfold, more details are emerging about unpaid invoices that faced no collection efforts from Colonel Pérez Suárez, the Vice President of International Trade and Supply at PDVSA, who…
Recent investigations into corruption schemes known as Cripto-PDVSA and CVG have unveiled a lengthy list of participants involved in shady dealings. Notably, businessman Pedro Rolando Maldonado Marín stands out, having held various public administration positions…
The wife of businessman Alessandro Bazzoni, Siri Evjemo-Nysveen, has been removed from the board of directors of MBaer Merchant Bank. The financial institution has removed Evjemo-Nysveen’s profile from its website, where she previously held the…
Daniela Stoppa Martin, the wife of Venezuelan entrepreneur Ricardo Fernández Barrueco, also known as “El Exzar de Mercal,” owns an apartment in the Jade building, located in the exclusive Brickell area of Miami. The Jade…
Simón Alberto Alfaro Mendoza and Luis Nahin are two suspects in Venezuela connected to an anti-corruption operation investigating the diversion of funds from the state-owned oil company PDVSA through cryptocurrencies. They are allegedly accused of…
The purge of Maduro continues. The National Anti-Corruption Police of Venezuela is investigating a new network that includes companies in Panama with alleged connections in Italy and Dubai. This corruption scheme directly connects to the…
Two firms from Panama, among others, were used by operators Álvaro Pulido and Alessandro Bazzoni to make cash payments to Colonel José Antonio Pérez Suárez, former head of Trade and Supply at Pdvsa, new investigations…
A house exploded in Lechería, Anzoátegui state, on the morning of Tuesday, April 25, leaving at least four people injured. The injured individuals are receiving medical attention at the Doctor Luis Razetti University Hospital in…
Alessandro Bazzoni, a key figure in Venezuela linked to the plot involving Alex Saab and Álvaro Pulido, which defrauded PDVSA and laundered millions of dollars, is a shareholder at the Swiss bank MBaer Merchant Bank.…
By Elizabeth Fuentes “Alessandro Bazzoni is an Italian entrepreneur, very friendly and pleasant, who has been heavily involved in polo for several years, starting with his early ventures in the United States and the Dominican…
New developments in the investigation into corruption networks at Pdvsa have expanded the scope of international connections, bringing new players into the exclusive group of Greek shipowners benefiting from illegal Venezuelan crude transactions. A key…