COLOMBIA ILLEGAL GOLD TRADE PERSISTS DESPITE PEACE DEAL
January 1st, 2017
Colombia’s billion dollar illegal gold trade has become one of the country’s primary sources of finance for armed groups and mafias and a hub of commercial crime. Underworld networks now exploit, infiltrate, and co-opt every step of Colombia’s gold supply chain. James Bargent reports from Medellín
Throughout 2016, Colombia’s security forces carried out an unprecedented crackdown on illegal gold mining, registering record numbers for people arrested, equipment destroyed and mines closed. However, the authorities continue to struggle to ...
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