Brokerages will continue to launder money for the drug lords http://www.pr-inside.com/arthur-shaw-brokerages-will-continue-r1912513.htm

Before 2010, the State had little or no control over the insanely greedy brokerages or moneychangers because they routed almost all of their operations through US banks outside of Venezuela and were very sneaky about the things they did inside of Venezuela. In contrast, the State, both before and after 2010, has a lot of power over banks, especially over banking operations within the country.