The Venezuelan government has placed and rogue mining gangs in its crosshairs, as the military is deployed in Bolívar.
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Criminal NewsInvestigations
A Toxic Trade: Illegal Mining in Peru’s Amazon
by Sabra Bozychby Sabra BozychIllegal gold mining drives the destruction of Peru’s Amazon, where fortune seekers strip forests and leave behind poisonous pools of mercury.
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Large-scale illegal gold mining is operating in plain sight on the Lawa River, a natural border between French Guiana and Suriname, despite public efforts from both governments to end the …
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At around 11 p.m. on April 6, 2020, Lieutenant Colonel Ernesto Solís was returning to the military base he commanded near the town of Tumeremo in the eastern Venezuela state …
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Criminal NewsInvestigations
The Governors, the Gang and the War for Bolívar’s Gold
by Sabra Bozychby Sabra BozychOn November 5, 2019, threatening pamphlets appeared on the streets of El Callao, a mining town in Venezuela’s eastern state of Bolívar.
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Armed men ambushed a group of gold miners near the Corre Gente mine in the municipality of Sifontes, near to Venezuela’s border with Guyana.
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Chile has become a convenient exit point for illegal gold from the Amazon, with Dubai emerging as a consistent destination for such shipments.
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The owner of an armored transport company has been charged for his part in a transnational dirty gold network that moved the metal to the United States via Caribbean islands.
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A criminal group in Colombia is turning dirty money into adulterated gold, in the latest addition to a long list of laundering schemes using the precious metal.
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Santa Catarina is a launchpad for cocaine destined for Europe and a transit point for marijuana and contraband headed to the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul and Uruguay.