Illegal Mining Spreads to Furthest Reaches of Amazon in Ecuador
BRAZIL
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2 DEC 2022
Illegal gold mining in the remote Ecuadorian province of Napo has grown at a staggering rate. Environmental crime has grown in parallel.
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BRAZIL
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25 NOV 2022
Failing prison systems and entrenched corruption mean mega-prisons holding tens of thousands won't solve insecurity in Latin America.
COCAINE
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18 NOV 2022
Ecuadorean prison authorities quietly released Dritan Rexhepi, Albania's most notorious cocaine trafficker, last year.
ECUADOR
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8 NOV 2022
Environmental crime is devastating the Amazon. What are these five Amazonian states doing to protect it?…
BOLIVIA
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8 NOV 2022
The Amazon is one of the world’s most biodiverse regions, where wildlife trafficking threatens hundreds of thousands of species.
BOLIVIA
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8 NOV 2022
The Amazon is being plundered at an accelerating rate. Deforesters across Bolivia and Ecuador are emboldened to clear trees for agribusiness.
BOLIVIA
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8 NOV 2022
Environmental crime is driving deforestation across the Amazon, where some parts are now emitting more carbon dioxide than they absorb.
ECUADOR
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7 NOV 2022
The transfers of top gang leaders from prison to prison in Ecuador often precede outbreaks of horrifying violence.
COCAINE
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28 OCT 2022
Murders in Esmeraldas, northern Ecuador, have exploded. Gangs battling for control of drug trafficking routes are to blame.
ECUADOR
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27 OCT 2022
Fishing vessels are harvesting smaller marine species in Ecuador as the demand for fishmeal is drawing the attention of illegal fishermen.
COCAINE
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14 OCT 2022
Ecuador continues to regularly find caches of weaponry belonging to Colombian guerrilla groups, including land mines and hand grenades.
ECUADOR
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13 OCT 2022
US dollars have been flooding into Venezuela and Ecuador, with authorities unaware of how widespread their use has become…
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