From Venezuela to the United Arab Emirates: what is the road to gold that the dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro fled from his country

Two men are the key to this operation: Simon Zerpa Slim and Tareck El Aissami. Both have spent hours in Turkey and are intimately linked to each other and to the dictatorship that commands Nicolás Maduro.

The dollars obtained were placed in trusts to cancel supply transactions for the country and staff. Or Zerpanor L & # 39; Aissami they will let the opportunity go for their benefit.

The currencies resulting from the operation are placed in trust guarantee private to be able to conclude contracts between companies and individuals. In this way, the sanctions imposed by the United States.

The gold route is very difficult to follow, which facilitates illicit transactions. And despite the fact that in most cases, ingots have some kind of seal or distinctive impression, when they reach the United Arab Emirates they are again melted and renamed. This time the groove drawn on the glitter of gold will say "United Arab Emirates ".

Middle East Plants are dedicated to the melting of this material. They are known to be the largest in the world. Dubai It is one of the largest holders and producers of gold in the world. Striking: no mine is exploited in his desert. However, eccentric fairs with jewels of this mineral are a must when visiting the city.

In January the company Noor Capital, in Abu Dhabirecognized bought three tons of gold from the chavist regime. When the scandal erupted, he publicly announced that he would not continue the transactions before the normalization of the situation in this country of Latin America.

The plan of Venezuela was to sell 29 tons of gold to United Arab Emirates in February to provide liquidity to commodity imports, according to the agency Reuters.

Under the pretext of not applying the sanctions, the three envoys Maduro They also had their own advantage. Accumulated by the United States and having no possibility of movement in their countries, they finance their illicit money, also kept in gold. In many cases, Venezuelan corruption money has been turned into ingots.

Mining production in Venezuela It has been declining for six years without producing a single gram. Only the big Chinese companies who have very advantageous contracts. All extracted metals are sent immediately to Beijing Not a single ingot remains on the Caribbean floor.

"Most of the gold in Venezuela is not the result of the exploitation of unused mines for more than six years, but much less, but is the product of both the drug and the way in which corruption is guaranteed for years."account at Infobae an official of the Ministry of People's Power of the Economy and Finance from this country.