The U.S. blacklisted Venezuela's Vice
President Tareck El Aissami and an associate for drug trafficking, the first
crackdown by the Trump administration against top officials in President
Nicolas Maduro's government for money laundering and the drug trade. The U.S.
Department of Treasury said it designated El Aissami for sanctions under the
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. His associate, Samark Lopez Bello,
was targeted for providing material assistance, financial support or goods or
services in support of El Aissami's activities, Treasury said in a statement. n
addition, the Treasury department's Office of Foreign Assets Control also
targeted 13 companies owned or controlled by Lopez Bello or other parties that
comprise an international network spanning the British Virgin Islands, Panama,
Britain, the United States and Venezuela. More…
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