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REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko</p></div></div><div class="col col-24 col-lg-18"><div class="ArticleSummary_articleSummary__KD3Cr "><h2>What’s the context?</h2><p>World Gold Council says malign interests exploiting small-scale mining present global security threat</p></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><ul> <li>Soaring gold price drives illegal industry</li> <li>Miners are exploited; nature is degraded</li> <li>Gangs shift from drugs into artisanal gold sector</li> </ul> <p>LONDON - The illicit trade in gold from <a href="https://www.context.news/socioeconomic-inclusion/toxic-deadly-cheap-life-for-women-gold-miners-in-philippines" target="_blank" rel="noopener">artisanal mining</a> is feeding conflicts from Ukraine to Sudan, funding terrorism, fuelling organised crime and subjecting the world's poorest people to horrendous violence.</p> <p>This is the picture painted by the World Gold Council (WGC) in a report urging concerted international action to clean up the booming sector.</p> <p>The artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) industry now produces an estimated 20% of the world's gold, up from 4% in the 1990s, and possibly accounts for 80% of the global gold mining workforce, said the <a href="https://www.gold.org/esg/artisanal-and-small-scale-gold-mining" target="_blank" rel="noopener">'Silence is Golden' report.</a></p> <p>Millions of people across more than 80 gold-producing countries - most in Africa, <a href="https://www.context.news/nature/illegal-gold-mining-spirals-in-perus-amazon-rainforest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Latin America</a> and Asia - rely on ASGM to survive, but criminal gangs, armed groups and corrupt officials have increasingly muscled in.</p> <p>The report's author, former British deputy prime minister Dominic Raab, said the proliferation of these illicit networks now presents a serious threat to international security.</p></div><section class="ArticleBodyGoDeeper_wrapper__EZEf_"><div class="ArticleBodyGoDeeper_article__C_1oO"><div class="ArticleBodyGoDeeper_article__image__rcBiK"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 100"><a class="LinkWrapper_linkWrapper__DpMdK undefined" tabindex="-1" href="/socioeconomic-inclusion/toxic-deadly-cheap-life-for-women-gold-miners-in-philippines"><img alt="Inside the community mining in Sagada, Philippines, women are employed in the small-scale mining industry. 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often work in highly dangerous conditions, at risk of mercury and cyanide poisoning as well as pit collapses.</p> <p>Without a safe supply chain and often lacking access to legal buyers for their gold, miners are also easy prey for <a href="https://www.context.news/nature/illegal-gold-mining-spirals-in-perus-amazon-rainforest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">armed groups and criminal gangs.</a></p> <p>The international gold price has increased by more than 40% in the last two years, further fuelling criminal interest.</p> <h2><strong>Who is exploiting artisanal miners?</strong></h2> <p>A major beneficiary is the Russian mercenary Wagner Group, the WGC said.</p> <p>Last December, researchers estimated that the Wagner Group and Russia had earned <a href="https://bloodgoldreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/The-Blood-Gold-Report-2023-December.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more than $2.5 billion</a> from illicit gold mining since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine - money that could prop up Moscow's war machine.</p> <p>The illicit trade is also fuelling Sudan's civil war, root of the world's <a href="https://www.context.news/money-power-people/one-year-on-how-war-is-pushing-sudan-towards-famine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">worst humanitarian crisis.</a></p> <p>Both sides have plundered gold to fund their military with most of it ending up in the United Arab Emirates, experts say.</p> <p>Across Africa's Sahel region, Raab said affiliates of Islamic State and Al Qaeda were <a href="https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/tocta_sahel/TOCTA_Sahel_Gold_v5.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">targetting artisanal miners</a>, using extortion as part of their expansion strategy.</p> <p>The United States has also <a href="https://www.state.gov/statement-of-concern-related-to-certain-minerals-supply-chains-from-rwanda-and-eastern-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-contributing-to-the-ongoing-conflict/)" target="_blank" rel="noopener">flagged concerns</a> that illicit gold is funding conflict in the Great Lakes region in Africa.</p> <p>Many Latin American criminal groups have rapidly <a href="https://www.context.news/nature/what-do-cop28-money-laundering-and-the-amazon-have-in-common" target="_blank" rel="noopener">moved into gold</a>, as it is more lucrative and less risky than trading drugs.</p> <p>The value of illegal gold exports from Colombia and Peru now exceeds that of their cocaine exports.</p> <p>Those benefitting include Colombia's powerful <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombia-government-clears-conversation-space-with-clan-del-golfo-2024-08-06/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Clan del Golfo</a> drug cartel and the ELN and dissident FARC guerrilla groups.</p> <p>The trade also robs countries of income and tax revenues. One estimate suggested the cost to Sudan was almost $2 billion in one year alone.</p></div><div class="article-slides ArticleSlideShow_articleSlideShow__H86eg" tabindex="0" aria-label="Slideshow 3 items"><div class="slick-slider slick-initialized" dir="ltr"><div class="slick-list"><div class="slick-track" style="width:700%;left:-100%"><div data-index="-1" tabindex="-1" class="slick-slide slick-cloned" aria-hidden="true" style="width:14.285714285714286%"><div><div tabindex="-1" style="width:100%;display:inline-block"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="Illegal miners are caught using jets of water to dig for gold, damaging the soil, during an operation against illegal mining in Yanomami Indigenous land, Roraima state, Brazil, December 3, 2023. 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REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino</p></div></div></div><div data-index="0" class="slick-slide slick-active slick-current" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="false" style="outline:none;width:14.285714285714286%"><div><div tabindex="-1" style="width:100%;display:inline-block"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="Prospectors in Central African Republic pan for gold near the Ndassima gold mine, north of Bambari, May 9, 2014. 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REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino</p></div></div></div><div data-index="3" tabindex="-1" class="slick-slide slick-cloned" aria-hidden="true" style="width:14.285714285714286%"><div><div tabindex="-1" style="width:100%;display:inline-block"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="Prospectors in Central African Republic pan for gold near the Ndassima gold mine, north of Bambari, May 9, 2014. 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REUTERS/Siegfried Modola</p></div></div></div><div data-index="4" tabindex="-1" class="slick-slide slick-cloned" aria-hidden="true" style="width:14.285714285714286%"><div><div tabindex="-1" style="width:100%;display:inline-block"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="Confiscated gold is displayed after being captured during an operation against illegal mining in Yanomami Indigenous land, in rural Boa Vista, Roraima state, Brazil, December 7, 2023. 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REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino</p></div></div></div><div data-index="5" tabindex="-1" class="slick-slide slick-cloned" aria-hidden="true" style="width:14.285714285714286%"><div><div tabindex="-1" style="width:100%;display:inline-block"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="Illegal miners are caught using jets of water to dig for gold, damaging the soil, during an operation against illegal mining in Yanomami Indigenous land, Roraima state, Brazil, December 3, 2023. 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REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino</p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="slick-dots"><ul><li style="background-color:#006DAA"><div class="ArticleSlideShow_buttons__wg9zj" tabindex="0" aria-label="Slide 1, Prospectors in Central African Republic pan for gold near the Ndassima gold mine, north of Bambari, May 9, 2014. REUTERS/Siegfried Modola" aria-live="polite">1</div></li><li style="background-color:#004a7c"><div class="ArticleSlideShow_buttons__wg9zj" tabindex="0" aria-label="Slide 2, " aria-live="polite">2</div></li><li style="background-color:#004a7c"><div class="ArticleSlideShow_buttons__wg9zj" tabindex="0" aria-label="Slide 3, " aria-live="polite">3</div></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><h2><strong>Where does the gold end up?</strong></h2> <p>Most African gold ships via the UAE, Switzerland and India. Other major gold hubs include Hong Kong, Miami and Turkey. </p> <p>The development organisation Swiss Aid estimates that <a href="https://www.swissaid.ch/en/articles/on-the-trail-of-african-gold/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">435 tonnes of gold</a> was smuggled out of Africa in 2022, worth nearly $31 billion, most of it originating from ASGM.</p> <p>There have been serious cases of money laundering involving gold smuggled into the UAE.</p> <p>A global watchdog for financial crime placed the gold trading hub on its <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/fatf-financial-crime-watchdog-removes-uae-gibraltar-grey-list-2024-02-23/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"grey list"</a> of countries at risk of illicit money flows in 2022, but removed it this year following reforms.</p> <p>Smuggling operations can be sophisticated; the WGC even cited a case where gold had been melted into small plane parts.</p> <h2><strong>How does this impact the miners?</strong></h2> <p>Raab said mine workers risked murder, rape and torture "on a horrific scale" by a range of predators.</p> <p>In the Central African Republic, Wagner mercenaries have taken control of gold mines in return for providing President Faustin-Archange Touadera with security services, he said.</p> <p>Miners who stood in their way were killed.</p> <p>Human trafficking and debt bondage are also common in ASGM.</p> <p>In Peru, gangs traffic thousands of women and girls, some as young as 12, to work in brothels for illegal miners.</p></div><div class="article-slides ArticleSlideShow_articleSlideShow__H86eg" tabindex="0" aria-label="Slideshow 3 items"><div class="slick-slider slick-initialized" dir="ltr"><div class="slick-list"><div class="slick-track" style="width:700%;left:-100%"><div data-index="-1" tabindex="-1" class="slick-slide slick-cloned" aria-hidden="true" style="width:14.285714285714286%"><div><div tabindex="-1" style="width:100%;display:inline-block"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="A boy cleans a shovel before panning for gold at the gold mine near Djoubissi, Central African Republic, May 9, 2014. 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REUTERS/Djaffar Al Katanty</p></div></div></div><div data-index="2" class="slick-slide" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true" style="outline:none;width:14.285714285714286%"><div><div tabindex="-1" style="width:100%;display:inline-block"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="A boy cleans a shovel before panning for gold at the gold mine near Djoubissi, Central African Republic, May 9, 2014. 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REUTERS/Djaffar Al Katanty</p></div></div></div><div data-index="5" tabindex="-1" class="slick-slide slick-cloned" aria-hidden="true" style="width:14.285714285714286%"><div><div tabindex="-1" style="width:100%;display:inline-block"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b " style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><img alt="A boy cleans a shovel before panning for gold at the gold mine near Djoubissi, Central African Republic, May 9, 2014. 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REUTERS/Siegfried Modola</p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="slick-dots"><ul><li style="background-color:#006DAA"><div class="ArticleSlideShow_buttons__wg9zj" tabindex="0" aria-label="Slide 1, An artisanal gold miner works in a gold mine in La Rinconada, in the Andes, Peru, October 9, 2019. REUTERS/Nacho Doce" aria-live="polite">1</div></li><li style="background-color:#004a7c"><div class="ArticleSlideShow_buttons__wg9zj" tabindex="0" aria-label="Slide 2, " aria-live="polite">2</div></li><li style="background-color:#004a7c"><div class="ArticleSlideShow_buttons__wg9zj" tabindex="0" aria-label="Slide 3, " aria-live="polite">3</div></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="ArticleText_text__9RYj1 "><h2><strong>What other dangers do small miners face?</strong></h2> <p>A major hazard is poisoning from mercury, which is used to separate gold from ore.</p> <p>The mercury pollutes land, rivers and the air, entering the food chain. Cyanide is sometimes used as an alternative.</p> <p>ASGM accounts for up to <a href="https://www.unep.org/technical-highlight/how-countries-are-reducing-anthropogenic-mercury-pollution" target="_blank" rel="noopener">40% of global mercury emissions</a>, according to the United Nations.</p> <p>Mercury can damage the nervous system, kidneys, liver and immune system, and has been linked to birth abnormalities.</p> <p>One woman in the Philippines told Context she still had high levels of mercury in her blood <a href="https://www.context.news/socioeconomic-inclusion/toxic-deadly-cheap-life-for-women-gold-miners-in-philippines" target="_blank" rel="noopener">seven years after ending mining.</a></p> <p>Haphazard safety standards can also trigger landslides or pit collapses.</p> <p>Under-age labour is widespread, with children as young as eight employed in often high-risk work.</p> <p>Aside from pollution, illegal gold mining also damages the environment through deforestation.</p> <p>In Brazil, wildcat miners have stripped clean whole tracts of <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-prepares-remove-illegal-amazon-gold-miners-munduruku-land-2024-11-04/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">protected Indigenous land</a> in the Amazon rainforest.</p> <h2><strong>What can be done?</strong></h2> <p>The report calls for greater international cooperation to arrest and prosecute the exploiters. Governments should also use sanctions, travel bans and asset freezes to disrupt business.</p> <p>Other recommendations include a push to integrate responsible artisanal miners into legal supply chains, offering workers a path out of poverty and choking organised crime.</p> <p>The report said the expansion of central bank gold purchasing schemes could be a game-changer.</p> <p>It also called for greater transparency in supply chains and renewed scrutiny of gold refineries and trading hubs.</p> <p><em>(Reporting by Emma Batha; Editing by Lyndsay Griffiths.)</em></p></div><hr class="Container_mainDivider__Y3X5_"/><section class="row"><div class="ArticleBodySignature_article__R6JeU"><div class="ArticleBodySignature_article__body__iMxON"><p>Context is powered by the Thomson Reuters Foundation Newsroom.</p><p>Our Standards: <a href="https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/about-us/trust-principles.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span class="ArticleBodySignature_link__EnOFh"><u>Thomson Reuters Trust Principles</u></span></a></p></div></div></section></div></div></section><section class=" Layout_mobilePadding__qQQZO"><hr class="Divider_divider___wHDg undefined "/><div class="row"><div class="col-24"><div class="SectionTitle_wrapper__r9etq"><h2 class=" SectionTitle_title__UxTuq ">Tags</h2></div><ul class="Tags_wrapper__OoASR"><li class="Tags_item__TyHmp"><div class="Tags_btn__pDRJR ">Unemployment</div></li><li class="Tags_item__TyHmp"><div class="Tags_btn__pDRJR ">Poverty</div></li><li class="Tags_item__TyHmp"><div class="Tags_btn__pDRJR ">Workers' rights</div></li></ul></div></div></section><div class="d-none d-lg-block"><hr class="Divider_divider___wHDg undefined "/><section class="Layout_mobilePadding__qQQZO"><div class="row"><div class="col-24"><div class=""><div class="SectionTitle_wrapper__r9etq"><h2 class=" SectionTitle_title__UxTuq ">MORE ON Money, Power & People</h2></div><div class="MoreOn_container__v1fSZ row "><div class="undefined col-xs-12 col-sm-8"><article class="MoreOn_article__oQxYe"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b MoreOn_imageContainer__BbV6S" style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><a class="LinkWrapper_linkWrapper__DpMdK undefined" tabindex="-1" href="/money-power-people/opinion/in-sudan-war-is-waged-on-womens-bodies-with-impunity"><img alt="Women from El Geneina, West Darfur, await news of their missing relatives, as they gather near the border crossing in Adre, Chad, November 7, 2023. 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Thomson Reuters Foundation/Enrique Anarte" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="nextImage ImageContainer_nextImage__4SuKE" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes=" (max-width: 640px) 25vw, (max-width: 900px) 25vw, (max-width: 1200px) 33vw, 25vw " srcSet="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/128w/80q 128w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/256w/80q 256w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/384w/80q 384w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/400w/80q 400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/500w/80q 500w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/600w/80q 600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/700w/80q 700w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/800w/80q 800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/900w/80q 900w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/1000w/80q 1000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/1200w/80q 1200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/1400w/80q 1400w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/1600w/80q 1600w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/1800w/80q 1800w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/2000w/80q 2000w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/2200w/80q 2200w, https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/2400w/80q 2400w" src="https://ddc514qh7t05d.cloudfront.net/dA/8beb292034e0aea355ec5c149598df2b/2400w/80q"/></a></div><div class="MoreOn_article__content__Mn59d"><a tabindex="0" class="LabelText_labelText__z7Rjj clickableUnderLine" aria-label="Socioeconomic Inclusion" href="/socioeconomic-inclusion"><span>Socioeconomic Inclusion</span></a><div class="MoreOn_article__content__title__w62AF "><div class="ArticleThumb_article__rFgRx false false false false" aria-label="article"><span class=""><a href="/socioeconomic-inclusion/namibias-first-out-lgbtq-candidates-aim-to-change-laws-and-minds">Namibia’s first out LGBTQ+ candidates aim to change laws and minds</a></span></div></div></div></article></div><div class="undefined col-xs-12 col-sm-8"><article class="MoreOn_article__oQxYe"><div class="imageContainer ImageContainer_imageContainer__MSr4b MoreOn_imageContainer__BbV6S" style="aspect-ratio:100 / 58"><a class="LinkWrapper_linkWrapper__DpMdK undefined" tabindex="-1" href="/socioeconomic-inclusion/opinion/bipoc-lgbtq-youth-feel-a-collision-of-impact-after-us-election"><img alt="A demonstrator reacts during a protest organised by pro-abortion rights, pro-LGBT rights and pro-Palestinian activists, on the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention (DNC), in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 22, 2024. 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draggable="false" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" src="/icons/reuters-tab.svg"/></a><span class=""><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-prepares-remove-illegal-amazon-gold-miners-munduruku-land-2024-11-04/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><div class="ArticleThumb_newTabIconContainer__cTD3A"><img alt="New Tab Icon" loading="lazy" width="19" height="19" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" style="color:transparent;max-width:100%;height:auto" srcSet="/_next/image?url=%2Ficons%2FnewTabIcon.png&w=32&q=75 1x, /_next/image?url=%2Ficons%2FnewTabIcon.png&w=48&q=75 2x" src="/_next/image?url=%2Ficons%2FnewTabIcon.png&w=48&q=75"/></div>Brazil prepares to remove illegal Amazon gold miners from Munduruku land</a></span></div></li></ul><ul class="TheBackstory_contentWrapper__FUTAM col-24 col-sm-12 col-lg-24"><li class="TheBackstory_content__OqyTj"><div 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/_next/image?url=%2Ficons%2FnewTabIcon.png&w=48&q=75 2x" src="/_next/image?url=%2Ficons%2FnewTabIcon.png&w=48&q=75"/></div>Gold miners bring fresh wave of suffering to Brazil’s Yanomami</a></span></div></li></ul></div><div class="TheBackstory_carousel__FAWOv"><section class=""><div class="BlueCarousel_newsletter__Ob6Bs row"><div class="col col-24"><div><div class="BlueCarousel_newsletter__main___tdPg"><div class="row"><div class="slick-slider CarouselHWGH_carouselMain__XqP4k carouselMain } slick-initialized"><div class="slick-list"><div class="slick-track" style="width:100%;left:0%"><div data-index="0" class="slick-slide slick-active slick-current" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="false" style="outline:none;width:33.333333333333336%"><div><ul class="TheBackstory_contentWrapper__FUTAM col-24 col-sm-12 col-lg-24" tabindex="-1" style="width:100%;display:inline-block"><li class="TheBackstory_content__OqyTj"><div class="ArticleThumb_article__rFgRx false false false false" aria-label="article"><a 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REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko","identifier":"0f191bc74fca09d8e43c84e1ea209602","image":"0f191bc74fca09d8e43c84e1ea209602"}],"thumbnail":[],"multimediaSource":"Youtube","leadMediaType":"Photo","contentType":"ContextArticle","contentSubtype":"explainer","articleTags":[{"Unemployment":"Unemployment"},{"Poverty":"Poverty"},{"Workers'rights":"Workers' rights"}],"authors":[{"displayProfilePage":"With Content","profileName":"Emma Batha","identifier":"7058a1a9b4e9dec35170d3f3b344cf6c","image":"7058a1a9b4e9dec35170d3f3b344cf6c","urlTitle":"emma-batha","role":"Inclusive Economies Correspondent"}],"country":[{"Global":"Global"}],"source":"Context","sponsoredBy":[],"supportedBy":[],"body":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoaring gold price drives illegal industry\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMiners are exploited; nature is degraded\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGangs shift from drugs into artisanal gold sector\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLONDON -\u0026nbsp;The illicit trade in gold from \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/socioeconomic-inclusion/toxic-deadly-cheap-life-for-women-gold-miners-in-philippines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eartisanal mining\u003c/a\u003e is feeding conflicts from Ukraine to Sudan, funding terrorism, fuelling organised crime and subjecting the world's poorest people to horrendous violence.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the picture painted by the World Gold Council (WGC) in a report urging concerted international action to clean up the booming sector.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) industry now produces an estimated 20% of the world's gold, up from 4% in the 1990s, and possibly accounts for 80% of the global gold mining workforce, said the \u003ca href=\"https://www.gold.org/esg/artisanal-and-small-scale-gold-mining\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e'Silence is Golden' report.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMillions of people across more than 80 gold-producing countries - most in Africa, \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/nature/illegal-gold-mining-spirals-in-perus-amazon-rainforest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eLatin America\u003c/a\u003e and Asia - rely on ASGM to survive, but criminal gangs, armed groups and corrupt officials have increasingly muscled in.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe report's author, former British deputy prime minister Dominic Raab, said the proliferation of these illicit networks now presents a serious threat to international security.\u003c/p\u003e","bodyPart21":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is ASGM and where does it happen?\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtisanal operations can run from a lone operator panning a river bed to a rudimentary setup with thousands of miners.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn estimated 15 million to 20 million people work in ASGM.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBig producers include Burkina Faso, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ghana, Indonesia and Mali.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile some ASGM is formalised, estimates suggest 80% exists in the shadow economy.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtisanal miners \u0026ndash; including young children - often work in highly dangerous conditions, at risk of mercury and cyanide poisoning as well as pit collapses.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithout a safe supply chain and often lacking access to legal buyers for their gold, miners are also easy prey for \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/nature/illegal-gold-mining-spirals-in-perus-amazon-rainforest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003earmed groups and criminal gangs.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe international gold price has increased by more than 40% in the last two years, further fuelling criminal interest.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho is exploiting artisanal miners?\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA major beneficiary is the Russian mercenary Wagner Group, the WGC said.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLast December, researchers estimated that the Wagner Group and Russia had earned \u003ca href=\"https://bloodgoldreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/The-Blood-Gold-Report-2023-December.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003emore than $2.5 billion\u003c/a\u003e from illicit gold mining since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine - money that could prop up Moscow's war machine.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe illicit trade is also fuelling Sudan's civil war, root of the world's \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/money-power-people/one-year-on-how-war-is-pushing-sudan-towards-famine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eworst humanitarian crisis.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth sides have plundered gold to fund their military with most of it ending up in the United Arab Emirates, experts say.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcross Africa's Sahel region, Raab said affiliates of Islamic State and Al Qaeda were \u003ca href=\"https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/tocta_sahel/TOCTA_Sahel_Gold_v5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003etargetting artisanal miners\u003c/a\u003e, using extortion as part of their expansion strategy.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe United States has also \u003ca href=\"https://www.state.gov/statement-of-concern-related-to-certain-minerals-supply-chains-from-rwanda-and-eastern-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-contributing-to-the-ongoing-conflict/)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eflagged concerns\u003c/a\u003e that illicit gold is funding conflict in the Great Lakes region in Africa.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany Latin American criminal groups have rapidly \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/nature/what-do-cop28-money-laundering-and-the-amazon-have-in-common\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003emoved into gold\u003c/a\u003e, as it is more lucrative and less risky than trading drugs.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe value of illegal gold exports from Colombia and Peru now exceeds that of their cocaine exports.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose benefitting include Colombia's powerful \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombia-government-clears-conversation-space-with-clan-del-golfo-2024-08-06/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eClan del Golfo\u003c/a\u003e drug cartel and the ELN and dissident FARC guerrilla groups.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe trade also robs countries of income and tax revenues. One estimate suggested the cost to Sudan was almost $2 billion in one year alone.\u003c/p\u003e","bodyPart31":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere does the gold end up?\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost African gold ships via the UAE, Switzerland and India. Other major gold hubs include Hong Kong, Miami and Turkey.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe development organisation Swiss Aid estimates that \u003ca href=\"https://www.swissaid.ch/en/articles/on-the-trail-of-african-gold/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e435 tonnes of gold\u003c/a\u003e was smuggled out of Africa in 2022, worth nearly $31 billion, most of it originating from ASGM.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere have been serious cases of money laundering involving gold smuggled into the UAE.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA global watchdog for financial crime placed the gold trading hub on its \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/fatf-financial-crime-watchdog-removes-uae-gibraltar-grey-list-2024-02-23/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\"grey list\"\u003c/a\u003e of countries at risk of illicit money flows in 2022, but removed it this year following reforms.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSmuggling operations can be sophisticated; the WGC even cited a case where gold had been melted into small plane parts.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow does this impact the miners?\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRaab said mine workers risked murder, rape and torture \"on a horrific scale\" by a range of predators.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the Central African Republic, Wagner mercenaries have taken control of gold mines in return for providing President Faustin-Archange Touadera with security services, he said.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMiners who stood in their way were killed.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHuman trafficking and debt bondage are also common in ASGM.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Peru, gangs traffic thousands of women and girls, some as young as 12, to work in brothels for illegal miners.\u003c/p\u003e","bodyPart41":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat other dangers do small miners face?\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA major hazard is poisoning from mercury, which is used to separate gold from ore.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mercury pollutes land, rivers and the air, entering the food chain. Cyanide is sometimes used as an alternative.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eASGM accounts for up to \u003ca href=\"https://www.unep.org/technical-highlight/how-countries-are-reducing-anthropogenic-mercury-pollution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e40% of global mercury emissions\u003c/a\u003e, according to the United Nations.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMercury can damage the nervous system, kidneys, liver and immune system, and has been linked to birth abnormalities.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne woman in the Philippines told Context she still had high levels of mercury in her blood \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/socioeconomic-inclusion/toxic-deadly-cheap-life-for-women-gold-miners-in-philippines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eseven years after ending mining.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaphazard safety standards can also trigger landslides or pit collapses.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnder-age labour is widespread, with children as young as eight employed in often high-risk work.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAside from pollution, illegal gold mining also damages the environment through deforestation.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Brazil, wildcat miners have stripped clean whole tracts of \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-prepares-remove-illegal-amazon-gold-miners-munduruku-land-2024-11-04/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eprotected Indigenous land\u003c/a\u003e in the Amazon rainforest.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat can be done?\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe report calls for greater international cooperation to arrest and prosecute the exploiters. Governments should also use sanctions, travel bans and asset freezes to disrupt business.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther recommendations include a push to integrate responsible artisanal miners into legal supply chains, offering workers a path out of poverty and choking organised crime.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe report said the expansion of central bank gold purchasing schemes could be a game-changer.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt also called for greater transparency in supply chains and renewed scrutiny of gold refineries and trading hubs.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Reporting by Emma Batha; Editing by Lyndsay Griffiths.)\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","multimediaType1":"Go Deeper","multimediaFileUpload1":[],"multimediaType2":"slideshow","multimediaFileUpload2":[{"altText":"Prospectors in Central African Republic pan for gold near the Ndassima gold mine, north of Bambari, May 9, 2014. 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These are some of the\u003c/span\u003e\u0026nbsp;questions we put to Kara Swisher, a veteran technology journalist who closely watches Silicon Valley. is a close observer of the most powerful figures in Silicon Valley.\u003cem\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","labelText":"AI","labelLink":"/ai","link":"/ai/video/q-and-a-ai-is-the-internet-says-kara-swisher","image":"dc8c9c89895d76cf32e47e0b714ecb8a","altText":"Kara Swisher is seen in this illustration photo alongside the words 'over-hyped?' pointing to the OpenAI logo. 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As a consequence, children are orphaned, families impoverished and communities diminished by the loss of mothers, wives, daughters and sisters.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd yet, unlike most other cancers, almost all these cases and deaths can be averted.\u003c/p\u003e","labelText":"Socioeconomic Inclusion","labelLink":"/socioeconomic-inclusion","link":"/socioeconomic-inclusion/opinion/who-chief-tedros-for-the-first-time-we-could-eliminate-a-cancer","image":"7db01c92b1f651dc6ac3742e5b748c17","altText":"A bottle of Revlimid and pills are seen at the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., July 22, 2022. 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As women bear the burden of care work, apps like Uber, DiDi and Rappi offer women flexible working hours, letting them decide when to connect and disconnect from their jobs.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut women in this line of work are not only constantly exposed to road accidents or crime, but also gender violence.\u003c/p\u003e","labelText":"Big Tech","labelLink":"/big-tech","link":"/big-tech/video/mexico-is-pushing-for-gig-worker-rights-women-say-its-not-enough","image":"c117e5c1865bf4b91b92d2adbb398404","altText":"A gig worker takes of their helmet in this screengrab for the Context video 'Mexico is pushing for sweeping gig worker rights. 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They have benefited politically from the anguish that women and civilians have experienced, and they have engineered myopic deals between military and civilian elites that have failed to solve impunity and accountability concerns.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSudan will continue to perpetuate its \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/socioeconomic-inclusion/in-world-of-competing-conflicts-sudan-struggles-for-attention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ecycle of conflicts\u003c/a\u003e and horrors unless the damages and extent of violations inflicted on women, girls and communities are addressed.\u003c/p\u003e","labelText":"Money, Power \u0026 People","labelLink":"/money-power-people","link":"/money-power-people/opinion/in-sudan-war-is-waged-on-womens-bodies-with-impunity","image":"53ad03f60d5e5958896ba4051328cb0a","altText":"Women from El Geneina, West Darfur, await news of their missing relatives, as they gather near the border crossing in Adre, Chad, November 7, 2023. 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This drought was unlike anything we experienced before,\" Quinones, 62, told Context from his farm in Oriental Mindoro province, southwest of Manila.\u003c/p\u003e","labelText":"Money, Power \u0026 People","labelLink":"/money-power-people","link":"/money-power-people/from-farmers-to-importers-how-filipino-rice-growing-went-wrong","image":"4ea1c0550ab53a47be05233ccaf77d87","altText":"A farmer dries rice on the side of a road during a hot day in Candaba, Pampanga, Philippines, April 30, 2024. 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Yet the way the Democrats narrowed down on \u0026ndash; and framed \u0026ndash; gender rights as a women\u0026rsquo;s issue, played a major role in Kamala Harris losing. It also made it far easier for Trump to reach out and speak to young men. \u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e","labelText":"Socioeconomic Inclusion","labelLink":"/socioeconomic-inclusion","link":"/socioeconomic-inclusion/opinion/as-trumps-victory-showed-gender-isnt-a-women-only-issue","image":"3f3b1f5fc61c606bb27007ccbecc7c3d","altText":"Supporters of Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump celebrate after the Fox Network called the election in his favor at the site of his rally, at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 6, 2024. 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We must spread awareness and offer support","homepageHeadline":"BIPOC LGBTQ+ youth feel a collision of impact after US election","homepageTeaser":"\u003cp\u003eIn the wake of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/socioeconomic-inclusion/what-does-a-donald-trump-presidency-mean-for-lgbtq-rights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eU.S. election\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us/us-crisis-hotlines-see-surge-from-lgbtq-callers-after-trump-win-idUSL1N1DF0UY/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ecrisis lines are surging\u003c/a\u003e - an undeniable indication that the most marginalized groups among us are reeling in uncertainty.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn particular, many LGBTQ+ youth are expressing anxiety, stress, and worry. Even before the results of the election were called, The Trevor Project, the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ+ young people, was able to establish a \u003ca href=\"https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fs41562-024-01979-5.epdf%3Fsharing_token%3DEbX7LsH7-AF5n99850vpnNRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0PNveFlXHsicuqelg3jvg1Wcsju1CXHxspC9onbX6frEcU1-J5M25Ml5piLTNjBr959LGK7ejPr20VtTVSb18ArMlJnGNGgZYyU9CJQoJuUjN01H4VVGluDqO_epnWIg_A%253D\u0026amp;data=05%7C02%7CBeatrice.Tridimas%40thomsonreuters.com%7C8bcc675aaa334e5659c408dd07ca0d66%7C62ccb8646a1a4b5d8e1c397dec1a8258%7C0%7C0%7C638675286586500869%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C\u0026amp;sdata=urKPlMXsei9VMIJ92D%2Fl0Yz9cmTVRAAKDycfskM0KGE%3D\u0026amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ecausal link\u003c/a\u003e between \u003ca href=\"https://www.context.news/socioeconomic-inclusion/new-id-laws-could-lock-out-210-000-us-trans-voters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eanti-transgender laws\u003c/a\u003e and increased suicide attempts among transgender and nonbinary young people.\u003c/p\u003e","labelText":"Socioeconomic Inclusion","labelLink":"/socioeconomic-inclusion","link":"/socioeconomic-inclusion/opinion/bipoc-lgbtq-youth-feel-a-collision-of-impact-after-us-election","image":"0ee67ce78202442cb6f161a675792078","altText":"A demonstrator reacts during a protest organised by pro-abortion rights, pro-LGBT rights and pro-Palestinian activists, on the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention (DNC), in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., August 22, 2024. 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