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Illegal miners extract billions in Amazon gold despite Brazil crackdown, Greenpeace finds
Greenpeace said 98 of 187 permitted forest areas showed no mining, yet ghost permits helped launder 26.8 tonnes of gold worth $3.88 billion.
- A new Greenpeace study reveals billions of dollars in gold are still being extracted illegally from the Amazon, despite President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's efforts to crack down on wildcat mining.
- Miners are bypassing oversight by using 'ghost permits' from inactive areas to falsify gold origins, justifying the sale of 26.8 tonnes of gold worth US$3.88 billion between 2018 and March 2026.
- Greenpeace analyzed 187 permits issued by the ANM, finding 98 showed no signs of mining; Reuters verified no activity at these sites while spotting a large operation six minutes away.
- The ANM cited 'large-scale logistical and oversight challenges' in monitoring thousands of permits, while Kayapo chief Megaron Txucarramae expressed frustration over the government's failure to stop environmental destruction.
- Greenpeace Brasil spokesperson Danicley Aguiar warned that as long as laundering gold via mining permits remains possible, illegal activity will continue to expand throughout the Amazon region.
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llegal miners extract billions in Amazon gold despite Brazil crackdown, Greenpeace finds
Greenpeace found illegal Amazon gold mining persists in Brazil through “ghost permits” used to launder billions in gold, threatening Indigenous lands, rivers and protected rainforest areas.
·India
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Illegal miners extract billions in Amazon gold despite Brazil crackdown, Greenpeace finds
Billions of dollars worth of gold is still being extracted illegally from Brazil's Amazon rainforest, a study by nonprofit watchdog Greenpeace found, despite efforts by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to crack down on wildcat mining.
·New York, United States
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