There are seven corruption investigations on Rafael Ramírez and he has an extradition request as well as a red alert from Interpol

The fugitive from the Venezuelan justice, Rafael Ramírez, who served as president of Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) and former Minister for Petroleum, is being investigated by the Public Ministry for at least seven cases of corruption and has a formal request for extradition and a red alert for Interpol.

This was announced this Thursday by the Attorney General of the Republic, Tarek William Saab, during the presentation of the progress of the investigation that is taking place before a new plot that involves a Spanish company in the payment of bribes to a criminal structure headed by Diego Salazar Carreño and Rafael Ramírez himself.

In that sense, the head of the Public Ministry assured that the Venezuelan State hopes that Italy, the country where Ramírez resides among luxuries, hand him over so that he can respond to justice.

“Rafael Ramírez, and the entire management that surrounded him in his 10 years as president of PDVSA, are responsible for sowing corruption in the most important strategic industry for the country,” repudiated the Attorney General.

Below we list the corruption plots in which Ramírez is involved:

– Involved in the case of the Saudi oil ship Saturn, a junk ship for which a billion dollar contract was paid for offshore gas exploitation; even though most of the time it was inactive.

– Embezzlement of PDVSA funds with the approval of contracts for goods and services for more than 566 million dollars between 2010 and 2015. Here is also being investigated the former president of PDVSA, Eulogio Del Pino, who is prosecuted.

– Irregularities in the granting of loans to the Plásticos Costa Oriental del Lago Company, through the Development Corporation of the Zulia Region (Corpozulia).

– Alleged irregularities in the PDVSA Retiree Pension Fund, opened in August 2018, due to a complaint by retirees and pensioners of Monagas state.

– Receiving bribes to award PDVSA awards and money laundering in Andorra.