Reuters earlier published my and @tomwilson1983's investigation into crypto giant Binance's money laundering compliance. We reviewed internal docs and messages, and spoke with ex-staff and partners around the world.

Here are a few of our findings: 1/10
reuters.com/investigates/s… In public, Binance said it welcomed government oversight and vowed to help stop money laundering. At the same time, we found it was withholding information from regulators, maintaining weak checks on users and acting against its own compliance department’s recommendations 2/10

NEW: Venezuelan First Lady Cilia Flores has a long record as the power behind Maduro. Now, with the help of her jailed ex-bodyguard, the U.S. is preparing to charge her with drug trafficking.

We spent months investigating her ploys and alleged crimes: 1/6 reuters.com/investigates/s… In his first interview, I spoke with Yazenky Lamas, who worked to protect Flores over a decade. In 2016 he was arrested in Colombia on a US warrant for drug charges.

He says he is speaking out because Flores betrayed him: “I was loyal to them. But they weren’t loyal to me.” 2/6

My latest - How Cuba taught Venezuela to quash military dissent. We reveal the agreements that let the Cuban government remake Venezuela's security apparatus, including the feared DGCIM military counterintelligence unit: 1/9 reut.rs/2NlY19I Under the secret 2008 agreements, Cuba would:
- Train Venezuelan military intelligence agents in Havana to infiltrate and control Venezuela's own armed forces
- Take charge of the “assimilation” and "modernization" of Venezuela's military units back home 2/9

Today @Reuters published my story on one aspect of how corruption has crippled Venezuela's development. We look at how a Chinese state firm allegedly bribed its way into a multi-billion dollar contract and left millions of intended recipients hungry: 1/10 reut.rs/2H4Xm8R Since 2007, Venezuela and China have agreed to hundreds of projects meant to improve access to food, power and water. I visited Chinese projects in Delta Amacuro, Guárico and Monagas states aimed at boosting food production. Little work was done. Farming is moribund. 2/10

Today @Reuters published my investigation into how Chinese telecoms giant ZTE is helping Venezuela build a system that monitors citizen behavior through a new ID card, known as the “fatherland card.” Here´s a thread on how the story developed 1/14 reuters.com/investigates/s… I moved to Venezuela just before Maduro´s May re-election. That day, I was fascinated by the govt´s use of so-called red point stands to record who had turned out to vote. Socialist Party activists were scanning voters´ fatherland cards and promising them prizes for doing so 2/14