Illegal Mining

A new federal police operation in Brazil’s Munduruku Indigenous Territory has exposed the persistence of illegal gold mining, mercury contamination and forest destruction. The crisis shows why environmental crime in the Amazon cannot be treated as a series of isolated raids.

A new UN report shows how Myanmar’s expanding rare-earth mining economy is damaging ecosystems while exposing workers and communities to debt bondage, exploitation and forced labor risks.

Peru’s latest crackdown is exposing the environmental damage caused by illegal gold mining in the Amazon. Not For Sale argues that another documented layer deserves equal attention: forced labor and trafficking within the economy surrounding extraction.

The Zamboye mine collapse is a human tragedy, but evidence surrounding the region points to a deeper intersection between unsafe work, illicit gold, exploitation and environmental destruction.

A new agreement between the International Criminal Court and the European Space Agency could strengthen how ecocide and other forms of environmental destruction are documented in international criminal investigations.

How corruption allows illegal mining, forced labor and environmental destruction to enter legitimate global supply chains.

Illegal gold mining in the Amazon is exposing how environmental destruction, Indigenous land invasions, mercury pollution and forced labor risks can be hidden behind the global gold trade.

At least 32 artisanal miners died when a bridge gave way at a cobalt and copper site in Lualaba province, highlighting the…

A Crisis at the Heart of the Amazon When world leaders meet at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, they’ll face a growing reality:…

Introduction When we talk about illegal mining in the Mekong region, we’re talking about more than minerals and markets. We’re talking about…

Armed attackers ambushed Indigenous Wampis guards in the Peruvian Amazon while they patrolled their ancestral land near Fortaleza. The assault has intensified…