Nearly 200 arrested in Interpol-led cross-border crackdown on gold mining in Amazon region
Sovereignty and security converge at the border where policy failures demand accountability.
Source: Jurist
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Police and prosecutors from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname announced Thursday the arrest of nearly 200 individuals in a transnational operation to combat illegal gold mining in the Amazon.
Backed by Interpol, the European Union through EL PACCTO 2.0, and Dutch police specialising in environmental crime, the operation— dubbed “Operation Guyana Shield”—involved over 24,500 [...]The post Nearly 200 arrested in Interpol-led cross-border crackdown on gold mining in Amazon region appeared first on JURIST - News.
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