OFAC sanctions “drug trafficking and money laundering network led by former senior Venezuelan intelligence officer”

Yesterday, OFAC designated Venezuelan national Pedro Luis Martin Olivares as a significant narcotics trafficker pursuant to the US Kingpin Act. He is a “former Chief of Financial Intelligence for Venezuela’s National Directorate of Intelligence and Prevention Services” (now known as the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service). OFAC also designated Walter Alexander Del Nogal Marquez and Mario Antonio Rodriguez Espinoza for materially...