Between Informality and Organized Crime: Criminalization of Small-Scale Mining in the Peruvian Rainforest

Eva Bernett Kempers, University of Antwerp

Corruption and environmental crime in Latin America

Jorum Duri, Transparency International

COVID-19, Rising Gold Prices and Illegal Mining Threaten Indigenous Lands in the Amazon

Peter Veit, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Patricia Quijano Vallejos, World Resources Institute

Diamond Mining, Organized Crime, and Corruption

Dina Siegal, Willem Pompe Institute, Utrecht University

Digging into the Mining Subculture: The Dynamics of Trafficking in Persons in the Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining of Peru’s Madre de Dios

Dolores Cortés-McPherson, University of Deusto

GameChangers 2019: Illegal Mining, Latin America’s Go-To Criminal Economy

James Bargent
Cat Rainsford

Guatemala: Investigation Reveals Rise in Illegal Jade Trafficking that eludes Mining and Environmental Controls

Business & Human Rights Resource Center

Health risk assessment and levels of toxic metals in fishes (Oreochromis noliticus and Clarias anguillaris) from Ankobrah and Pra basins: Impact of illegal mining activities on food safety

Nii Korley Kortei, University of Health and Allied Sciences
Marcus Ekow Heymann, University of Health and Allied Services
Edward Ken Essuman, University of Health and Allied Services
Fidelis Mawunyo Kpodo, University of Health and Allied Services

Illegal gold mining in Indonesia: structure and causes

Ongku P. Hasibuan, School of Business and Management, Institut Teknologi
Jann H. Tjakraatmadja, School of Business and Management, Institut Teknologi
Yos Sunitiyoso, School of Business and Management, Institut Teknologi

Illegal Mining in Venezuela: Death and Devastation in the Amazonas and the Orinoco Regions

Moises Rendon, CSIS
Linnea Sandin, CSIS
Claudia Fernandez, CSIS

Illegal Mining, Guerrillas and Disease: The Revolution’s Legacy to the Indigenous Peoples of the Upper Orinoco-Casiquiare Biosphere Reserve in Venezuela ́s Amazonia

SOS Orinoco, SOS Orinoco

Independence of the justice system and access to justice in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, including for violations of economic and social rights, and the situation of human rights in the Arco Minero del Orinoco region

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

La mineria ilegal en venezuela esta intensificando la violencia el ecocidio y la corruption. La comunidad internacional debe actuar

Alessandra Pinna, Freedomhouse

MAAP #115: Illegal Gold Mining in the Amazon, Part 1: Peru

M Finer, Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project
N Mamani, Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project

MAAP #116: Amazon Gold Mining, Part 2: Brazil

M Finer, Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project
N Mamani, monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project

MAAP #121: Reduction Of Illegal Gold Mining In The Peruvian Amazon

M Finer, Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project
N Mamani, Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project

MAAP #130: Illegal Gold Mining Down 78% In Peruvian Amazon, But Still Threatens Key Areas

M Finer, Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project
N Mamani, Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project

Operation Mercury and Illegal Mining in Latin America

Chris Riehl, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

Perception of Small-Scale Miners on Interventions to Eradicate Illegal Small-Scale Mining in Ghana

Rejoice Selorm Wireko-Gyebi, University of Energy and Natural Resources
Michael Osei Asibey, Kwame Nkrumah Unversity of Science and Technology
Anne Mette Lykke, Aarhus Univeristy
Owusu Amponsah, Kwame Nkrumah Univeristy of Science and Technology

The Dangerous Couple: Illegal Mining and Water Pollution - A Case Study in Fena River in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

Albert Ebo Duncan, University of Cape Coast

The Diversification of Organized Crime into Gold Mining: Domination, Crime Convergence, and Ecocide in Darién, Colombia

Daan Van Uhm, Willem Pompe Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, Utrecht University

The outbreak of illegal gold mining in the Brazilian Amazon boosts deforestation

Juliana Siquiera-Gay, Escola Politécnica/USP
Luis E. Sanchez, Escola Politécnica, University of São Paulo

Undermining Rights: Indigenous Lands and Mining in the Amazon

Peter Veit, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Patricia Quijano Vallejos, World Resources Institute

Unintended effects of illegal economic activities: Illegal gold mining and malaria

Sandra V. Rozo, USC Marshall School of Business

Venezuela: Pandemic and Foreign Intervention in a Collapsing Narcostate

R. Evan Ellis, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)

Venezuela: Violent Abuses in Illegal Gold Mines

Human Rights Watch

Venezuela: Violent Abuses in Illegal Gold Mines

Human Rights Watch