After spending years in exile, a Venezuelan journalist returns to Miami to track down a former high-ranking figure from the country’s oil ministry. The search for Carmelo Urdaneta leads from Florida to Madrid, as she unravels the inner workings of a vast loan scheme built on corruption.
In 2017, a covert recording exposes how shadow bankers were brought in to launder millions of dollars. The financial maneuvers have left a trail of destruction, and now, standing among the remnants of that criminal enterprise, the reporter pieces together how the system operated—and who was behind it.