Tareck El Aissami latest in purge of politicians, human rights advocates and critics by government of Nicolás Maduro
’s closest allies – has been arrested for allegedly participating in an international scheme that syphoned off hundreds of millions of dollars from the country’s state oil company.
Saab said El Aissami and his co-conspirators had illegally managed shipments of oil without sending the payments through the country’s central bank, which allowed them to profit from the “economic conspiracy”.El Aissami’s arrest caps a remarkable reversal of fortunes for the politician who used his Middle Eastern connections to become one of Maduro’s closest confidantes.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
She moved to Paris for love despite speaking no French. An instant fairytale? Non!After a whirlwind romance, Melbourne-born interior designer Loretta Genovesi quit her job to be with entrepreneur Nicolas Collignon.
Read more »
She moved to Paris for love despite speaking no French. An instant fairytale? Non!After a whirlwind romance, Melbourne-born interior designer Loretta Genovesi quit her job to be with entrepreneur Nicolas Collignon.
Read more »
The misery of motormouths in meetingsThe ability to interrupt yammering windbags who steal time is a sorely underrated skill.
Read more »
‘Heartless’ thieves steal dead children’s memorial plaques from Melbourne cemeteryEighty plaques stolen from Garden of Little Angels at Altona Memorial Park in a bid to sell bronze for scrap metal, police say
Read more »
How scammers are using QR codes to steal your data7NEWS brings you the latest local news from Australia and around the world. Stay up to date with all of the breaking sport, politics, entertainment, finance, weather and business headlines. Today's news, live updates & all the latest breaking stories from 7NEWS.
Read more »
‘Lowest of the low’: Outrage as thieves steal plaque from cenotaphThieves have stolen a bronze plaque from a 95-year-old cenotaph in Melbourne's inner east in an act which has been described as the 'lowest of the low'.
Read more »