The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York has charged former Venezuelan Vice President Tareck Zaidan El Aissami Maddah for violations of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act and US-imposed sanctions, the Department of Justice said in a press release on Friday

NEW YORK (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 09th March, 2019) The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York has charged former Venezuelan Vice President Tareck Zaidan El Aissami Maddah for violations of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act and US-imposed sanctions, the Department of Justice said in a press release on Friday.

"Former Venezuelan Vice President TARECK ZAIDAN EL AISSAMI MADDAH ("EL AISSAMI") and Venezuelan businessman SAMARK JOSE LOPEZ BELLO were charged in Manhattan Federal court with criminal violations of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act ("Kingpin Act") and sanctions imposed in February 2017 by the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") pursuant to the Kingpin Act," the release said.