; (2) would not be used to repay external creditors who are not members of the Group of Seven unless such payments are essential to the restoration of economic stability and democracy in Venezuela; and (3) would not benefit the Maduro regime. 502. Recovering assets stolen from the Venezuelan people (a) Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) Venezuela ranked 169th out of 180 countries in Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index 2017. (2) In March 2015, the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network determined that approximately $2,000,000,000 had been siphoned from Venezuela’s public oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., in conjunction with its designation of the Banca Privada d’Andorra as a Foreign Financial Institution of Primary Money Laundering Concern. (b) In general The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General, shall advance a coordinated international effort— (1) to carry out special financial investigations to identify and track assets taken from the people and institutions of Venezuela through theft, corruption, money laundering, or other illicit means; and (2) work with foreign governments— (A) to share financial investigations intelligence, as appropriate; (B) to block the assets identified pursuant to paragraph (1); and (C) to advance necessary civil forfeiture litigation, including providing technical assistance to help governments establish the necessary legal framework to carry out asset forfeitures. (c) Additional elements The coordinated international effort described in subsection (b) shall— (1) include input from— (A) the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury; (B) the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Department of the Treasury; and (C) the Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section of the Department of Justice; (2) identify appropriate steps to advance necessary civil forfeiture litigation in the United States