Illegal Mining

The 76,000 ton seizure in Lazaro Cardenas

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Mexico’s 76,000 Ton Iron Seizure Fraction of Knights Templar Exports

by Mimi Yagoub 2 May 201424 Apr 2023

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Gaitanistas Plan to Expand into Emerald Region: Police

by Charles Parkinson 7 Apr 201424 Apr 2023

One of the gold extraction sites in Choco

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FARC, BACRIM Dividing Gold Profits in Colombia Province: Police

by Marguerite Cawley 14 Mar 201424 Apr 2023

Iron mining is lucrative for Mexico's criminals

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Doubling of Mexico Mining Losses Sign of Growing Criminal Involvement

by Mimi Yagoub 7 Mar 201424 Apr 2023

Peru illegal gold is worth an estimated $3 billion annually

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Authorities Suspect Mass Complicity of Peru Exporters in Illegal Gold Mining

by James Bargent 13 Feb 201424 Apr 2023

Illegal Peruvian gold is worth an estimated $3B annually

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Airport Controls Unlikely to Stem Flow of Illegal Gold From Peru

by Miriam Wells 11 Feb 201424 Apr 2023

A worker in an illegal gold mine in Peru

How Gold Trade Fuels Modern-Day Slavery in Peru

by Miriam Wells 9 Feb 201424 Apr 2023

Pedro Simon Rincon Salazar died earlier this week

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Death of Emerald Magnate’s Son Raises Tensions in Colombia

by Michael Lohmuller 30 Jan 201424 Apr 2023

Mexican mines are targeted by organized crime

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Criminal Onslaught Sees Mexico Mining Companies Take to the Skies

by Michael Lohmuller 22 Jan 201424 Apr 2023

Part of the gold seized by customs in Peru

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Record Gold Seizure Shows Scale of Peru Illegal Mining

by James Bargent 9 Jan 201424 Apr 2023

Illegal gold mining has devastated the Madre de Dios region

Breaking Down the Chain of Illegal Gold in Peru

by Miriam Wells 11 Dec 201324 Apr 2023

A mining site in Michoacan

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Knights Templar Control Mexico Iron Mines Supplying China

by Natalie Southwick 4 Dec 201324 Apr 2023

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