Recent reports in the Venezuelan press, see El Universal, June 26, 2013, http://www.eluniversal.com/opinion/130626/ecuador-blanquea-dinero-sucio-venezolano
), quote an Ecuadorian publication that denounces
what they define as a large scale money
laundering scheme between Ecuadorian and Venezuelan “businessmen”. The mechanism
used takes advantage of the existence of the “Sucre”, a currency used by ALBA countries,
and the fact that Ecuador is a dollar economy, to create false Ecuadorian
exports to Venezuela, receiving bolivars and exchanging them into dollars
without any supervision.
An example of this
type of false transaction is given by the Ecuadorian magazine, Vanguardia, see:
http://www.revistavanguardia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=508:el-agujero-negro-con-venezuela&catid=44:portada&Itemid=215
They describe the case of Ecuadorian
company Privatum Management Prinage S.A.
“exporting” 100 tons of black pepper to a Venezuelan company called Multigran
C.A., based in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. However, the real volume of the exports
was 340 kilograms. All in all the
Ecuadorian company reported exports of black pepper to the Venezuelan company to Venezuela for $ 14.4 million when, in
reality, says the Ecuadorian Customs service, containers were largely empty.
I tried to contact the
Venezuelan company before writing this note, in order to verify the story, but I
was unsuccessful after five attempts at sending an e-mail message to company
representative, Mrs. Ines Larios. The address of the company is: Multigran C.A.
, MERCABAR
ZONA INDUSTRIAL III GALPON BARQUISIMETO 3001, VENEZUELA.
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