Coordinated raids by police in Brazil have shed new light on the workings of the illegal mining industry in the Amazon. Federal police carried out three simultaneous raids against the mining company Gana Gold in July on suspicion that it operated a criminal scheme to “launder” gold mined from protected areas and Indigenous lands in […]
Brazil police say CHM do Brasil sourced the gold illegally from illegal miners. It was then sold to Italian metal company Chimet who sells gold to banks. Big tech companies Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Google has bought that gold.