Editing Kleptocracy (section)

==Narcokleptocracy==
A '''narcokleptocracy''' is a society in which criminals involved in the trade of [[narcotics]] have undue influence on the governance of a state. For instance, the term was used to describe the regime of [[Manuel Noriega]] in [[Panama]] in a report prepared by a subcommittee of the [[United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations]] chaired by [[Massachusetts]] [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[John Kerry]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics and International Operations|author2=[[United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations|Committee on Foreign Relations]] |author3=[[United States Senate]]|chapter=Panama|title=Drugs, Law Enforcement and Foreign Policy: A Report|series=S. Prt.|volume=100–165|chapter-url=http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB113/north06.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007161802/http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB113/north06.pdf|archive-date=October 7, 2016|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|United States Government Printing Office]]|date=December 1988|publication-date=1989|page=83|oclc=19806126}}</ref>

In 2020, the [[United States]] charged the president of [[Venezuela]], [[Nicolas Maduro]] with drug trafficking, as well as many officials and head figures of his administration.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/nyregion/venezuela-president-drug-trafficking-nicolas-maduro.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326144009/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/nyregion/venezuela-president-drug-trafficking-nicolas-maduro.html |archive-date=2020-03-26 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title = Venezuelan Leader Maduro is Charged in the U.S. With Drug Trafficking|newspaper = The New York Times|date = March 26, 2020|last1 = Rashbaum|first1 = William K.|last2 = Weiser|first2 = Benjamin|last3 = Benner|first3 = Katie}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/nicol-s-maduro-moros-and-14-current-and-former-venezuelan-officials-charged-narco-terrorism|title = Nicolás Maduro Moros and 14 Current and Former Venezuelan Officials Charged with Narco-Terrorism, Corruption, Drug Trafficking and Other Criminal Charges|date = March 26, 2020}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/26/nicolas-maduro-us-indictment-venezuela-drug-trafficking-leaders|title = US indicts Nicolás Maduro and other top Venezuelan leaders for drug trafficking|publisher= [[TheGuardian.com]]|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date = March 26, 2020}}</ref>