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Venezuela’s former oil minister arrested for money laundering
Attorney General Tarek William Saab said in a press conference that El Aissami has been charged with treason, money laundering and criminal association. El Aissami was once a close associate of the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and served as vice-president as well as minister of industry before becoming oil minister. Former finance minister Simon Zerpa and businessman Samark López have also been detained. El Aissami and López had been associated with criminal activity previously, with the US Treasury Department accusing them of collaborating in international drug trafficking and money laundering in 2017, ... (full story)