Authorities in Portugal, Andorra and Spain, in addition to the United States, are investigating dozens of Venezuelan citizens suspected of laundering hundreds of millions of euros allegedly obtained from bribes when they held positions in public companies under the presidency of Hugo Chávez.
The former Vice Minister of Energy in the Chavez administration, Nervis Villalobos, was in Madrid last week for laundering money allegedly diverted from the state oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela S.A..