The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into multiple European and Mexican oil companies that may be involved in violating U.S. sanctions surrounding Venezuela’s oil industry, according to four anonymous sources who spoke to Reuters. The Mexican oil companies finding themselves under scrutiny are Libre Abordo, Grupo Jomadi Logistics and Cargo, and Schlager Business Group. The European firms include commodity trading and distribution company Elemento Ltd , and Geneva-based Swiss Oil Trading and Supply SA—a physical crude oil trading company. The FBI is gathering data for a US Treasury Department inquiry, to see which, if any, of the abovementioned companies violated the U.S. sanctions that seek oust the Nicolas Maduro regime. Neither the US Department of Justice nor the Treasury Department confirmed that the companies were being investigated, Reuters said. Venezuela and its troubled oil industry have been operating poorly under U.S. sanctions, which the United States has exercised […]