Hundreds of illegal miners holed up in disused mine in South Africa
Several hundred people are believed to remain in an illegal mine in South Africa after authorities cut off their supplies and ...
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Illegal Gold Finances Latin America’s Dictators & Cartels. The United States Must Lead the Fight Against It.
Latin America’s criminal organizations used to make most of their billions trafficking drugs. But now, in Colombia, Peru, the ...
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4,000 miners cut off from supplies in underground standoff over illegal mining in South Africa
Johannesburg — More than 4,000 miners locked in a standoff with South African authorities over illegal mining were ...
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Ramaphosa deploys 1 000 soldiers to help police deal with illegal miners, despite funding challenges
President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the deployment of more than 1 000 soldiers to help police tackle illegal mining and ...
Brazil prepares to remove illegal Amazon gold miners from Munduruku land
Brazilian authorities are preparing to remove illegal gold miners from an Indigenous reservation in the Amazon rainforest ...
More than 4 000 illegal miners remain trapped amid Operation Val’ Umgodi in Stilfontein
There is still at least 4 000 illegal miners still trapped inside one of the abandoned mine shaft which is the centre of ...
Police spokesperson calls rescue attempt of trapped miners ‘unsafe’
South Africa's government says it will not help an estimated 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country's North ...