SHOCKING new evidence has emerged that the British government conspired with the Bank of England to deny Venezuela access to 31 tonnes of gold worth more than $1bn (over £800m) it had deposited with the bank.
The British government has always maintained that the Bank of England makes its own independent decisions about Venezuela’s gold deposits.
In March 2019, Robert Jenrick, then a Treasury minister, said: “Ultimately, the Bank is responsible for dealing with requests from its customers should they wish to repatriate their gold.”
But a new book, The World for Sale, by investigative journalists Javier Blas and Jack Farchy has revealed collusion between the former governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, and Sir Alan Duncan, a Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister, to withhold Venezuela’s gold from its elected government.