Snitch Law
The Military Intelligence and Counterintelligence Law, popularly known as the Snitch Law (Spanish: Ley Sapo), was a law in Venezuela passed on 28 May 2008 during the government of Hugo Chávez that established the obligation for any person to comply with intelligence tasks if requested by the authorities, with the penalty of being prosecuted in case of refusal. The colloquial term in Spanish comes from popular Venezuelan slang in which a snitch is referred to as a "sapo" (Spanish for toad).