# Top UK graft prosecutors joined Trump’s Venezuela oil baron during Swiss probe

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- Financial Times, 2026-09-22 20:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.ft.com/content/f2f37449-f9c7-4556-9f97-4cca735980e4?syn-25a6b1a6=1

> Top UK anti-graft prosecutors joined Venezuelan oil baron Alejandro Betancourt while Swiss authorities were investigating him for money laundering. Betancourt had previously been wanted in Switzerland as part of that probe.