Treasury described Alessandro Bazzoni as a ‘core facilitator’ of network involved in buying and selling Venezuelan oil
A wealthy Italian businessman funded two top-level English polo teams and played against Prince William while under US sanctions for alleged involvement in trading hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of Venezuelan oil. The US Treasury placed Alessandro Bazzoni on its sanctions list in January 2021, describing him as a “core facilitator” of a network of individuals and companies attempting to evade US sanctions against PDVSA, Venezuela’s state-owned oil company.
An assessment on polo site Pololine in 2018 estimated the annual cost of running a single string of between 10 and 14 horses — the number needed for a single professional — at between £50,000 and £84,000. Fees for players are on top. Bazzoni’s teams featured top professionals including Argentines Joaquin Pittaluga, Cubi Toccalino and Juan Gris Zavaleta. Bazzoni was patron of Monterosso, a team named after his Italian home town.
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