Why Organized Crime in Venezuela Won’t Die Without Maduro
Venezuela · Latin America + Caribbean region
<p><a href="https://insightcrime.org/news/why-organized-crime-in-venezuela-wont-die-without-maduro/">Why Organized Crime in Venezuela Won’t Die Without Maduro</a></p>
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<p>Nicolás Maduro has been removed. So why hasn’t Venezuela’s organized crime problem disappeared with him? Because the system was never built around one person.</p>
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Single-source report, not yet corroborated.