Wildcat gold mining in Madre de Dios has flourished into a black market trade estimated to be worth billions of dollars a year, leaving gaping holes in the Amazon’s forest cover and financing human trafficking and violent criminal networks.
Pope’s visit to Peru puts spotlight on devastation in rainforest region
Wildcat gold mining in Madre de Dios has flourished into a black market trade estimated to be worth billions of dollars a year, leaving gaping holes in the Amazon’s forest cover and financing human trafficking and violent criminal networks.
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