At least seven people have been arrested in Venezuela this year for posing as corrupt officials from the justice system, police and administrative bodies, showing how entrenched corruption has turned public administration into an opportunity for organized ...

Since September, the US Southern Command has conducted strikes against at least five boats in the Caribbean near Venezuelan coasts, killing 27 people, claiming that they were carrying drugs to the US and belonged to designated terrorist organizations. The last strike was announced Tuesday by Trump via Truth Social, in which six crewmen were killed.

Maduro calls President Trump’s claims of drug trafficking a lie, saying the U.S.’s real goal is regime change and the installation of a “puppet government” so it can “take control of Venezuela’s oil.” While working as a bus driver,

Rand Paul and Bernie Moreno are at odds in their responses to VP’s post about bombing of alleged Venezuela drug boat

Venezuela’s UN Ambassador Samuel Moncada accused Washington of seeking “excuses to fabricate a conflict” aimed at controlling oil resources.

By Aimee Gabay According to a new report, most of Venezuela’s gold is smuggled and laundered internationally through shell companies and opaque supply chains, including to the U.S. The operations are often controlled by military elites,

"We continue to emphasise the need for all efforts to counter transnational organised crime to be conducted in accordance with international law," says UN’s Miroslav Jenca.

The president announced Sept. 2 that the U.S. conducted an airstrike against a suspected drug boat off the coast of Venezuela, killing 11 people. Vance defended it at the time as “the highest and best use of our military” while dismissing accusations the strike amounted to a war crime.

Experts and former presidents warned that organized crime, narcotrafficking and authoritarian rule are converging into an unprecedented threat to democracy across Latin America as they met during a high-level forum held in Washington,