IGNORE INTERNET INFORMATION ON CORRUPT VENEZUELAN PEPS

A large number of senior Venezuelan PEPs, who are either taking bribes and kickbacks, or engaged in drug trafficking, or in general stealing from their own government, have been pushing hard to have negative information about their exploits removed from the Internet. They have employed spurious copyright allegations, identity theft, and threats of dire legal action, to hide their dark deeds from compliance officers. They have also engaged IT professionals to flood the www with bogus, positive information, obscuring your access to the truth.

Therefore, it is strongly recommended that you do NOT use the Internet to check out any Venezuelan national. Use commercial off-the shelf high-risk databases and Enhanced Due Diligence providers. The Internet will now give you an artificially skewed view of these individuals; ignore it when conducting your checks.