Organized Crime and illegal gold mining in Latin America
Date of Publication
2018 12:00 AM
Keywords
srhreports, illegalmining, illegal mining, organized crime, Latin America, copper, tin, tantalum, tungsten, gold, gold mining, mercury, sexual exploitation, money laundering, criminal groups, human trafficking, Venezuela, environmental damage
Description
"Illegal mining is quickly expanding across Latin America. The increasing demand for copper, tin, tantalum, tungsten, but mainly gold, has multiplied the emergence of heavy mining machinery that—without permission and sometimes on a large scale—operates in remote corners of the regional geography, including at least 80 natural protected areas and buffer zones, according to the NGO Peruvian Society of Environmental Law (SPDA)."
Organized Crime and illegal gold mining in Latin America
"Illegal mining is quickly expanding across Latin America. The increasing demand for copper, tin, tantalum, tungsten, but mainly gold, has multiplied the emergence of heavy mining machinery that—without permission and sometimes on a large scale—operates in remote corners of the regional geography, including at least 80 natural protected areas and buffer zones, according to the NGO Peruvian Society of Environmental Law (SPDA)."
