Recent developments demonstrate that the U.S. Department of Justice is laser-focused on investigating allegations of widespread corruption and money laundering with connections to Venezuela. In late 2015, DOJ brought a case against U.S.-based companies and related individuals for bribing procurement officials at the Venezuelan national oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), in exchange for lucrative contracts. In a guest article, Ropes & Gray partner Nicholas Berg examines U.S. enforcement efforts and explains how they could be the beginning of an even more active phase of the government’s investigation into reports of widespread corruption and criminality centering around Venezuela and PDVSA. See “Recent Developments in Latin American Anti-Corruption Enforcement” (Jan. 9, 2019).