🌎 Latin America Aug 14, 2026 · Daniel Reyes

Why Organized Crime in Venezuela Won’t Die Without Maduro

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Why Organized Crime in Venezuela Won’t Die Without Maduro
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Why Organized Crime in Venezuela Won’t Die Without Maduro







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.



Over decades, criminal economies became embedded in Venezuela’s political institutions, security forces, and territory. Drug trafficking networks, illegal mining groups, prison gangs, guerrillas, and state officials became interconnected parts of what InSight Crime calls a

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