Between 2010 and 2014 Colombia exported 310 tons of gold. OjoPúblico found that over 70% of this volume was destined to US companies, mainly Republic Metals Corporation and the Metalor group.
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Dirty gold from Ecuador goes on commercial flights to United States
OjoPúblico acceded to Ecuatorians records of exports of gold, and identified 140 companies that sent on commercial flights 74 tons of gold abroad, which had as main destinations US companies between 2011 and 2014.
Chadin II, the Odebrecht’s mega hydroelectric that will flood the Maranon river
The Brazilian company, involved in a huge corruption case in Brazil, will build a dam that will flood towns of Cajamarca and Amazonas regions, and will displace thousand people.
Illegal mining: the millionaire trace of Swiss refineries
Prosecutor identifies Swiss companies MKS and Metalor in money laundering on investigations against their suppliers of gold in Madre de Dios, Peru.
Interactive map: Know illegal gold routes in South America
Ojo Público and the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law (SPDA) toured the main centers of illegal gold production in Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Brazil and Ecuador. See the map
Dirty Gold: the track behind the London Bullion Market
The secret history of the companies that financed with millions of dollars the purchase of illegal gold in South America.
The American financier accused of deforestation in Peru
Dennis Melka is identified as financier of a network of 25 companies that have purchased hundreds of properties in the Peruvian Amazon, according to the report by the Environmental Investigation Agency organization.
A decade of forest deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon
The latest statistics from National Forest Programme of Peru -analyzed by the data team of OjoPúblico- estimate that between 2003 and 2013 Peru lost 1’306.507 hectares of Amazonian forests.
Stories about routes of illegal gold in the Andean Amazon
OjoPúblico and the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law (SPDA, in Spanish) started distributing “Roads of Gold” (#Rutasdeloro): stories about illegal mining in the Amazon in five countries in the region: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru .
The wounds of Pluspetrol oil company in the Peruvian Amazon
After 15 years of oil exploitation and six months before of the end of its contract, Pluspetrol fight in court for not paying millions in fines by environmental violations.