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Venezuela's Maduro cracks down on corruption
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- 22 March, 2023
- 07:05
Venezuelan law enforcement agencies have detained 19 officials as part of an anti-corruption probe, Venezuelan government newspaper Correo del Orinoco said on Tuesday, Report informs via TASS.
"At the moment, 19 people have been detained, and I am sure that this figure will grow. The [anti-corruption] probe is just beginning, several judges and officials have been detained," said the chairman of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodriguez.
"Whoever steals will go to jail," the head of parliament added.
On Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accepted the resignation of the country's oil minister, Tareck El Aissami, and vowed to purge corruption from state oil and gas company PDVSA.
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