Social Media is Fertile Ground for Illegal Mining Players in Peru
Posing as a would-be miner, InSight Crime answered a Facebook advert offering land with mining permits in Peru’s Madre de Dios region. The permits are meant to help informal miners go legal, but experts say they are often used as a front for illegal mining, and to launder black-market gold.
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InSight Crime goes into the field to understand first-hand the criminal dynamics at play across Latin America and the Caribbean. We speak to local sources, government officials, and even the criminals themselves to deliver in-depth investigations.
