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The U.S. Immigration and Customs has announced a reward of $ 5 million for information on finding El Petro project manager Ramirez Camacho, listed as one of the most wanted criminals. It is reported by The Block .
Ramirez Camacho was “honored” to join the US Department of State (DOS) program to encourage the arrest of transnational organized crime participants. The investigation was carried out by the special financial crime group Eldorado.
New York District Attorney Jeffrey Berman in March accusedRamirez Camacho and other high-ranking officials of Venezuela, including President Nicolas Maduro, in the management of the "drug-terrorism partnership." The US authorities believe that the purpose of this association is the intention to flood "the country with cocaine in order to undermine the health and well-being of the nation."
According to investigators, Joselit De La Trinidad Ramirez Camacho was “politically, socially and economically linked to the many alleged drug lords.” In the event of the arrest of Ramirez, Camacho will be sent to the United States and will be tried in the Southern District of New York.
The service’s statement stated that Ramirez Camacho violated the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the Foreign Drug Dealers Act, and circumvented a number of sanctions imposed by the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Venezuelan president’s support for the El Petro project in 2018 sparked a backlash from Washington, which accused the country of seeking to circumvent capital controls. Ramirez Camacho took up his duties in June 2018, replacing his predecessor Carlos Vargas in this post.
Recall, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of State, the Ministry of Finance and the FBI in April published instructions on countering cyber attacks by North Korea. Among the measures is the tightening of anti-money laundering mechanisms using cryptocurrencies.
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