Venezuela Extradites Alex Saab to the U.S. on Money Laundering Charges

               On May 18, 2026, Venezuela’s former Minister of Industry and National Production appeared in court in the Southern District of Florida to answer charges of his alleged participation in an international money laundering conspiracy concerning the corruption and exploitation of a Venezuelan public welfare program intended to bring food to indigent Venezuelans.  The development is important since the Venezuelan government extradited Alex Nain Saab Moran, 55, even though he was a Venezuelan national.