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Environmental crimes don’t stop at borders. Neither can the reporting

As Brazil tightened controls on the trade, criminal groups found another route through Venezuela, where it could be laundered and then exported overseas, according to a Mongabay investigation published last year. Documenting the trade required journalists in three countries to work together—an approach Daniela Quintero […]

Environmental crimes don’t stop at borders. Neither can the reporting

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As Brazil tightened controls on the trade, criminal groups found another route through Venezuela, where it could be laundered and then exported overseas, according to a Mongabay investigation published last...

Documenting the trade required journalists in three countries to work together—an approach Daniela Quintero […]

High gold prices have fueled illegal mining across the Amazon.

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As Brazil tightened controls on the trade, criminal groups found another route through Venezuela, where it could be laundered and then exported overseas, according to a Mongabay investigation published last year. Documenting the trade required journalists in three countries to work together—an approach Daniela Quintero […] High gold prices have fueled illegal mining across the Amazon.

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High gold prices have fueled illegal mining across the Amazon.

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