Venezuela’s ex-oil minister charged with stealing millions from state oil company

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Tareck El Aissami latest in purge of politicians, human rights advocates and critics by government of Nicolás Maduro

’s closest allies – has been arrested for allegedly participating in an international scheme that syphoned off hundreds of millions of dollars from the country’s state oil company.

Saab said El Aissami and his co-conspirators had illegally managed shipments of oil without sending the payments through the country’s central bank, which allowed them to profit from the “economic conspiracy”.El Aissami’s arrest caps a remarkable reversal of fortunes for the politician who used his Middle Eastern connections to become one of Maduro’s closest confidantes.

 

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