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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. [pdf-embedder...
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
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...
An Iron Army after Venezuela’s “El Dorado”
The “Work Plan for the Framework Agreement on National Geological Survey of Venezuela” was signed by China and Venezuela along with the cession of rights for the survey of minerals in its territory to a trade partner, i.e. the transfer of vital information and...
The PDVAL Rotten Food Scandal
From 2007 to 2008, various irregularities occurred in the purchase of food by the State, specifically since Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) took the reins of the so-called “food sovereignty”. [pdf-embedder...
What happened with the Cadivi case?
President Nicolás Maduro reported that he will create a presidential commission to investigate how the exchange control system in place in Venezuela since 2003 was breached. The claim was an admission from the highest level of the State that corruption had nested in...
Minister Farruco’s Close Friends Build Mausoleum
The powdered milk imported, packaged and distributed by Venezuelan state-owned company Corporación de Abastecimiento y Servicios Agrícolas, La Casa C.A (under the Ministry of Food, Minpal, which is responsible for the purchase of 60 percent of the product consumed in...
Judicial Corruption: Impunity Lives in Ciudad Lebrún
Impunity reigns with common familiarity on the lands of Lebrún, near Petare, Caracas, purchased in 2005 by the Supreme Court (TSJ) for over Bs.78 million.
Red Machine Searching for Votes
Documents and interviews with employees and former officials of the state-owned oil company PDVSA revealed an organizational network involving several departments of the company in the organization and provision of company funds, facilities and staff to ensure an...