- Ipsos released a flash electoral exit poll regarding the Peruvian election, featuring candidates Keiko Fujimori and Roberto Sanchez.
- A nationwide poll conducted on June 7th found a high percentage of fear of crime, linking the candidates to organized crime and the authoritarian legacies of their fathers.
- Organized crime is profiting from illegal gold mining operations.
- Gold mining runoff and gillnets are threatening dolphin populations in the Amazon river system.
Illegal gold mining operations are contaminating the river system in the Amazon.
9 reports, 2 independent
Updated Aug 19
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What happened
Illegal gold mining operations are contaminating the river system in the Amazon.
Who's involved
What this event is mainly aboutHow it developed
Newest first. Tap a step to see who reported it.- Criminal groups, including First Capital Command and Red Command, are dominating the cocaine supply chain and engaging in gold-mining extortion in the Amazon basin of Peru.Sub-event
- Shared issue of mercury contamination in Amazon basin.Sub-event
Contamination from illegal gold mining operations reported in the Amazon river system.1 source
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- Gold Fields is operating in Peru and has flagged illegal mining risks within its operations.
- Buenaventura operates a silver mine in Peru.
- The Shanay River is located in the Peruvian Amazon.
- Xali Gold Corp. is advancing the Pico Machay gold project in Peru, hiring for environmental baseline studies and needing to submit FTA for permitting.
- Rio2 Limited received regulatory approval for mine expansion in Peru.