Brazil Targets Illegal Gold Miners With Force and Legislation
BRAZIL
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7 MAR 2023
Brazilian authorities are shutting down illegal gold mining on Indigenous lands, yet miners move elsewhere. Legislation aims to stop that.
All About Environmental Crime
NEWS
BOLIVIA
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3 MAR 2023
As the CITES treaty hits 50, we take a look at its successes, failures, and future challenges in reducing the illicit trade of wildlife.
ELN
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17 FEB 2023
Venezuela has acted against illegal miners. But with close ties between the state and these mining groups, are efforts genuine?…
BRAZIL
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1 FEB 2023
Brazil's president Lula is acting quickly to kick out illegal miners and loggers from the Amazon. But the right economic solutions are needed.
ECUADOR
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20 JAN 2023
Podocarpus Natural Park in southern Ecuador is only the most recent one to be threatened by encroaching gold miners.
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.
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME
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21 NOV 2022
Wildlife traffickers in Mexico are taking advantage of the social media marketplace, placing some of Mexico’s endangered species in peril.
ECUADOR
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8 NOV 2022
Environmental crime is devastating the Amazon. What are these five Amazonian states doing to protect it?…
ELITES AND CRIME
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8 NOV 2022
Across the countries that share the Amazon basin, corruption that facilitates environmental crime is an open secret.
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.
BRAZIL
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8 NOV 2022
As gold prices have skyrocketed, a boom in mining across the Amazon Basin has flourished, leaving a deep environmental footprint.
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.
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This week, InSight Crime co-director Jeremy McDermott was the featured guest on the Americas Quarterly podcast, where he provided an expert overview of the changing dynamics…
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Last week, InSight Crime published its ranking of Venezuela’s ten organized crime groups to accompany the launch of the Venezuela Organized Crime Observatory. Read…
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10 FEB 2023
This week, InSight Crime co-founder, Jeremy McDermott, was among experts featured in an El País podcast on the progress of Colombia’s nascent peace process.
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InSight Crime Interviewed by Associated Press
3 FEB 2023
This week, InSight Crime’s Co-director Jeremy McDermott was interviewed by the Associated Press on developments in Haiti as the country continues its prolonged collapse. McDermott’s words were republished around the world,…
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Escaping Barrio 18
27 JAN 2023
Last week, InSight Crime published an investigation charting the story of Desafío, a 28-year-old Barrio 18 gang member who is desperate to escape gang life. But there’s one problem: he’s…
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