Over One Billion Dollars in Identity Plans with Cuba

Over One Billion Dollars in Identity Plans with Cuba

Cuba has had a leading role in the reform of Venezuela’s identity card issuing system. Cuban officials designed everything from the workflow of the new Identity and Migration Service (SAIME), to the salaries that analysts earn....
Sidor and the Rebar Trafficking

Sidor and the Rebar Trafficking

Four years after the start of the investigation on the “Rebar Mafia”, the main suspect was released after the case against him was dismissed....
Iron Ore Trafficking at Ferrominera Orinoco

Iron Ore Trafficking at Ferrominera Orinoco

The coverage of the corruption case at Ferrominera Orinoco began in November 2012 with the intervention of the General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence (DGCIM) in the Marketing Department for the alleged trafficking of iron ore....
Electrical Emergency, Setup for a Scam

Electrical Emergency, Setup for a Scam

Under the electricity emergency decree, Electricidad de Caracas scheduled the construction of several power plants, awarding the construction contracts for five of them to a company with no experience in the electricity sector: Derwick Associates. This company...
Gold Fever Destroys The Jungle

Gold Fever Destroys The Jungle

Following a military operation to evict the miners, the report describes the illegal gold mining and its environmental and social consequences in the Caura River Basin, one of the last pristine watershed regions and with greatest biodiversity because the region (only...