All news on the topic: Amazonia

Harley Sandoval, an evangelical pastor, real estate agent and mining entrepreneur, was arrested in July 2023 for illegally exporting 294 kilos of gold from Brazil’s Amazon to the United States, Dubai and Italy.

Police in the Brazilian state of Pará detained seven suspects believed to be involved in the illegal extraction and sale of Amazon timber, a crime that affects the entire world’s population as deforestation in the Amazon contributes to climate change.

Ecuador has shown severe inconsistencies between its official production of gold of known origin and its exports.