{"id":20608,"date":"2017-07-30T11:08:37","date_gmt":"2017-07-30T16:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/?p=20608"},"modified":"2017-07-30T11:08:37","modified_gmt":"2017-07-30T16:08:37","slug":"us-officials-surprised-find-hundreds-millions-dollars-frozen-assets-venezuelan-vice-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panamaadvisoryinternationalgroup.com\/blog\/us-officials-surprised-find-hundreds-millions-dollars-frozen-assets-venezuelan-vice-president\/","title":{"rendered":"US Officials Surprised to Find \u201cHundreds of Millions of Dollars\u201d in Frozen Assets of Venezuelan Vice President"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Venezuela Vice President Tareck El Aissami is much wealthier than senior United States officials originally thought, according to once inside source who spoke with EFE.\u00a0It turns out that\u00a0El Aissami has hundreds of millions of dollars in assets.<\/p>\n

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US officials confirmed the amount after freezing El Aissami\u2019s assets as part of sanctions levied against him for his involvement in drug trafficking and terrorism both in Venezuela and abroad.<\/p>\n

\u201c(It\u2019s) shocking, since El Aissami has a prolonged career in government and speaks clearly of the uncontrolled corruption and drug trafficking in Venezuela,\u201d the official, who asked to remain anonymous, told EFE.<\/p>\n

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As early as February, US Treasury Secretary\u00a0Steve Mnuchin said\u00a0El Aissami and Lopez had tens of millions of dollars in US banks. That figure appears to have been low. Most of their money, which is scattered between Miami properties and a private jet, amount to significantly more.<\/p>\n

The information was released the same day that the Trump administration imposed strong economic sanctions on 13 high-ranking officials in Maduro\u2019s regime. A list of the 13 sanctioned individuals can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n