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Hugo Carvajal in Spain and the U.S. Javier Alvarado Ochoa in Spain, Andorra, the U.S, Venezuela. Alex Saab, German Rubio (aka Alvaro Pulido) and Abelardo de la Espriella in Colombia, the U.S. Rafael Ramirez in the U.S., Portugal, Andorra, Spain. Fidel Ramirez in the U.S. Eudomario Carruyo in Andorra. Rafael Reiter, Alejandro Isturiz and Luis Carlos de Leon in Spain. Glenn Simpson, Peter Fritsch and Tom Catan in the U.S. Frank Holder in the U.S. Diego Salazar in Andorra, Brazil. Nervis Villalobos in Spain, Andorra, U.S., Venezuela, Portugal. Francisco Convit in the U.S. and Spain. Alejandro Betancourt, Pedro Trebbau and Orlando Alvarado in the U.S., Spain. Luis and Ignacio Oberto in the U.S., Switzerland. Charles Henry de Beaumont and Joseph Benhamou in the U.S. Olivier Couriol in Switzerland. Tony Caplin in the UK. Marcelo Barone and Elisabel Vazquez in the UK. Danilo Diazgranados, Armando Capriles, Moris Beracha and Luis Benshimol in the U.S. Francisco D'Agostino and Alessandro Bazzoni in the U.S.. Pedro Binaggia and Matthias Krull in the U.S., Switzerland. Alejandro Andrade, Leonardo Gonzalez Dellan, Claudia Diaz and Adrian Velazquez in the U.S. and Spain. Carlos Gill in the U.S. Victor Vargas, David Osio in the U.S. Miguel Angel Capriles Lopez in the U.S. and Spain. Samark Lopez and Tareck el Aisami in the U.S. Roberto Rincon and Abraham Shiera in the U.S. and Spain. Antonio Mugica in the U.S. Enrique Pescarmona in Argentina. Roberto Finocchi in the U.S. and Brazil. Francisco Morillo, Leonardo Baquero and Daniel Lutz in the U.S. and Switzerland. Glencore, Trafigura, Vitol, Lukoil et al in the U.S. and Switzerland. EFG Bank, Julius Baer, Compagnie Bancaire Helvetique, Banca Credinvest, Credit Suisse, Pictet et al in Switzerland. PDVSA in all of the above...
The above helps illustrate one point: all are persons of interest in criminal probes in mentioned jurisdictions. Before being named in the context of criminal investigations, nearly all had been exposed throughout the years in this website.
We get a lot of vitriol, threats, censorship, hacking attempts, and online attacks for what we do. We are not popular. The editor of this site is the only Venezuelan journalist / blogger writing about corruption ever to have suffered a break in, threats and theft, while residing thousands of miles away and having left that country nearly two decades ago.
This site hasn't missed a single target in Venezuela's gargantuan corruption leagues. We haven't exposed all, but certainly more than most since 2002, when we started. Every single individual exposed / mentioned here has either been implicated already, or has it coming. Along with our sources, we take enormous pride in what we do, in the quiet, without big budgets or much publicity, just focused on the never ending task of chipping away layer upon layer of corrupt billionaire "entrepreneurs" running "industries" that have just a handful employees. Thanks to oil income in excess of $1.5 trillion administered in the absolute absence of accountability, only in Venezuela and under chavismo can these "success stories" materialize.
Much like communism, evidence that corruption is the source of all Venezuelan private fortunes "made" in the last 20 years is the fact that those "entrepreneurs" have not been able to replicate such success anywhere else. Spain, the Dominican Republic, Switzerland, Panama, the U.S. are the jurisdictions where the largest chunk of stolen funds are being laundered. Authorities in those countries would do well in establishing fluid cooperation mechanisms to put a stop to the looting of Venezuela.
Our work will continue, even in the unlikely event of a transition in Venezuela: people at the top may change, but the corruption around them will always be a constant. Support independent journalism and help us combat corruption. Our record, thus far, speaks for itself.
