; and (B) inside Nicaragua carried out by state-owned mining companies such as Empresa Nicaraguense de Minas (ENIMINAS); (2) Venezuela’s illicit gold trade with foreign governments, including the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran; and (3) Nicaragua’s illicit gold trade with foreign governments, including the Venezuelan regime and the Government of Russia. 6. Investigation of the illicit gold trade in Venezuela The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, and allied and partner governments in the Western Hemisphere, shall seek to— (1) lead a coordinated international effort to carry out financial investigations to identify and track assets taken from the people and institutions in Venezuela that are linked to money laundering and illicit activities, including mining-related activities, by sharing financial investigations intelligence, as appropriate and as permitted by law; and (2) provide technical assistance to help eligible governments in Latin America establish legislative and regulatory frameworks that bolster legal mechanisms to disrupt illicit mining, including by supporting the capacity to impose and effectively implement targeted sanctions on— (A) officials of the Maduro regime or any successor thereof not installed through free or fair elections who are directly engaged in the illicit mining, trafficking, and commercialization of gold