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NYT Ties Trump's Venezuelan Gold Imports to Criminal Networks

Summary
The Times traced the gold entering the United States back to miners in places like El Callao, a historic mining town in Venezuela's Bolívar state, where workers are compelled to pay protection fees to criminal organizations that dominate the industry. Residents in the mining areas have seen little benefit from the expanded trade, with reporting finding that increased mining activity has only worsened already inadequate public services.

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Trump has shipped hundreds of millions of dollars worth of gold from Venezuela to the United States. But no American companies want to touch it. The reason is that the origin of the gold cannot be verified, according to the New York Times.

·Stockholm, Sweden
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(Mexico City = Yonhap News) Correspondent Song Gwang-ho = A legendary city filled with gold. Historically, humanity’s journey in search of a golden city is nothing new...

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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President Donald Trump's administration transports gold from Venezuela to the United States, but refineries do not process it because of doubts about the alleged connections of Venezuelan companies with corrupt practices, wrote the publication on Monday...

·Bucharest, Romania
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Americans, as The New York Times writes, cannot recycle the gold that the United States has removed from Venezuela's territory because of the fears of local industrialists who fear difficulties with further sales.

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Gold imported into US remains unsold as refiners question supply chain

·Ankara, Türkiye
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Refineries resist processing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cargo due to doubts about its origin and possible connections with corruption and criminal gangs

·Madrid, Spain
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Crisis Group broke the news in Brussels, Belgium on Tuesday, July 29, 2025.
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