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[โ€“] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Didn't the Bank of England do that years ago? Were those funds ever released?

[โ€“] davad@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

Not sure about Maduro-owned funds, but I read yesterday about the Bank of England freezing access to a chunk of the Venezuelan gold reserve in 2018. That action has been going through UK courts for years.