Illegal gold mining is a major problem in the Andean country and many others. More than two-thirds of the gold Colombia produces is dug up in operations that aren’t certified. Skyrocketing ...

This could deal a blow to the transnational organised crime syndicates that are behind the trade in illegal gold, which is often laundered through refineries in places such as Dubai.

"In 2024, illicit precious metal trade was estimated at R60 ... when to wrap up the operation to retrieve illegal miners occupying an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein. He appointed a task ...

Police were already monitoring the plane when Rodrigues left Itaituba, the place locals affectionately call Nugget City that’s become the unofficial capital of Brazil’s illegal gold trade.

Nearly 2 000 illegal miners — known ... from Minerals Council South Africa — a trade body of the country’s biggest industrial miners, including Gold Fields and De Beers Group.

Police were already monitoring the plane when Rodrigues left Itaituba, the place locals affectionately call Nugget City that’s become the unofficial capital of Brazil’s illegal gold trade. The town ...

Minerals and petroleum resources minister Gwede Mantashe, who visited the site on Tuesday, said that the illegal gold trade is driven by those profiting from the miners’ labour. “These foot ...