September 14, 2020 - Report published by IBI Consultants
Report by IBI Consultants on the long-standing links between José Luis Merino, PDVSA, Alba Petróleos and the Bukele government with transnational criminal structures. Topics include Alba Petróleos, ARENA, Bukele, FMLN, Merino, money laundering, PDVSA, Ramiro, and Venezuela.
September 14, 2020 - News published by El Nuevo Herald (Miami)
The new Salvadoran government of independent Bukele continues to be penetrated by the criminal structure gathered around Alba Petróleos, controlled by former guerrilla commander Merino, who, among other things, made more than $1 billion of Venezuelan subsidies disappear.
August 13, 2020 - Report published by the Atlantic Council
Study of the Maduro regime’s money laundering, illegal extraction of gold and minerals, and relationships with other criminalized structures as a destabilizing force within Latin America. Topics include Europe, FARC, gold, Maduro, minerals, money laundering, oil, PDVSA, Turkey, and Venezuela.
July 13, 2020 - Report published by IBI Consultants & C4ADS
An analysis of maritime shipping activity in Venezuelan waters since the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. in January 2019. Shipping decreased significantly after sanctions, but dark voyages by only 2%. Topics include China, Cuba, India, Maduro, oil, sanctions, shipping, and Venezuela.
July 13, 2020 - News published by Associated Press
In the first year since the Trump administration imposed crushing economic sanctions on Venezuela’s oil industry, port calls to Venezuela plunged by 46%. But less-scrupulous carriers are filling the void.
June 9, 2020 - News published by the Washington Post
The WP quotes our analysis of the impact of the coronavirus on the South American cocaine trade.
May 18, 2020 - Video published by OAS OEA Videos
Douglas Farah discusses the ability of highly adaptable transnational organized criminal organizations to thrive in the chaos produced by the coronavirus pandemic.
April 24, 2020 - Podcast published by Two Gringos with Questions
Douglas Farah discusses his report for the William Perry Center, "Turmoil in the Western Hemisphere," on how the Bolivarian Alliance, led by the Nicolás Maduro regime, used legitimate protests in Chile, Colombia and Ecuador to sow chaos and violence.
