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#AmazonRainforest #destruction #poormanagement #illegallogging #unsustainablefarming #illegalgoldmining
abilutangwa.bsky.social Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · May 31
Every minute, we lose Amazon rainforest the size of 3 football fields.
Every. Minute.
That’s 1.4M acres/year for cattle, soy, and timber.
At this rate, your kids get a desert. Still scrolling?
June 1, 2026 at 2:34 AM
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“One after another, they started dying”: survivors recount deaths in detention in Nigeria @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Nigeria #Minna #illegalgoldmining #NigeriaSecurityandCivilDefenceCorps #NSCDC #deathsindetention

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"One after another, they started dying": survivors recount deaths in detention in Nigeria - Sight Magazine
Nigerian prison guards sprayed an unidentified substance into a crowded cell where dozens of detainees died and kept the doors locked.
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September 23, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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Essay: Criminal gangs have diversified across Latin America, making them more resilient – but not untouchable. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #LatinAmerica #organisedcrime #Brazil #Colombia #drugtrafficking #illegalgoldmining #fueltheft #migrantsmuggling #cybercrime

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Essay: Criminal gangs have diversified across Latin America, making them more resilient – but not untouchable - Sight Magazine
ROBERT MUGGAH, in an article first published on The Conversation, looks at how organised crime is evolving in Latin American nations...
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August 13, 2026 at 1:54 AM
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Peru Intercepts Record Mercury Shipment, Revealing

• Breaking (July 2025): Record 4-ton mercury shipment seized in Peru, exposing major transnational environmental crime network
• Seizure potentially p

#Peru #Mercury #IllegalGoldMining #EnvironmentalCr
Peru Intercepts Record Mercury Shipment, Revealing Complex Transnational Environmental Crime Network
July 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Venezuela deploys troops against illegal miners in key gold belt @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Venezuela #illegalmining #LasClaritas #Bolivar #illegalgoldmining

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Venezuela deploys troops against illegal miners in key gold belt - Sight Magazine
Venezuela has deployed troops to target illegal groups controlling key gold deposits, according to local residents and human rights activists
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June 11, 2026 at 4:13 AM
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Tackling pollution: Scientists try to prove link between Amazon gold mining and disabilities in babies. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Amazon #illegalgoldmining #Indigenouschildren #Munduruku #Brazil #SaiCinza #mercury #mercurycontamination #Fiocruz

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Tackling pollution: Scientists try to prove link between Amazon gold mining and disabilities in babies - Sight Magazine
RICARDO BRITO, MANUELA ANDREONI and ADRIANO MACHADO report on new research to examine the impacts of mercury contamination...
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November 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Gang leader ‘Tiger’ evades South African police after 78 mine deaths @sightmagazine.bsky.social #SouthAfrica #Stilfontein #illegalgoldmining #SouthAfricanPolice

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Gang leader 'Tiger' evades South African police after 78 mine deaths - Sight Magazine
A suspected gang leader known as "Tiger" escaped after being pulled from an illegal gold mine, the police said on Monday.
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January 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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South Africa mine rescue ends, anger rises over 78 deaths in police siege @sightmagazine.bsky.social #SouthAfrica #Stilfontein #illegalgoldmining #SouthAfricanpolice #minerescue

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South Africa mine rescue ends, anger rises over 78 deaths in police siege - Sight Magazine
South African rescuers ended their attempts to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people died during a police siege.
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January 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Body count from South African mine siege rises to 60 @sightmagazine.bsky.social #SouthAfrica #illegalgoldmining #Stilfonteingoldmine

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Body count from South African mine siege rises to 60 - Sight Magazine
South African authorities have pulled at least 60 bodies from the Stilfontein gold mine over two days, police said late on Tuesday.
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January 15, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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South Africa pulls 36 corpses from illegal mine, arrests 82 survivors @sightmagazine.bsky.social #SouthAfrica #illegalgoldmining #Stilfontein #GwedeMantashe

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South Africa pulls 36 corpses from illegal mine, arrests 82 survivors - Sight Magazine
South African rescuers have pulled out 36 dead bodies and 82 survivors from a gold mine in two days of operations, police said.
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January 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Footage shows dozens of dead miners trapped after South Africa police raid @sightmagazine.bsky.social #SouthAfrica #illegalgoldmining #MACUA

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January 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Amazon gold: New technology aids Brazil’s crackdown on illicit trade. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Brazil #Amazon #Amazongold #illegalgoldmining #wildcatmining #TargetingGold #organisedcrime #LuizInacioLuladaSilva #Lula #JairBolsonaro #goldexports #goldDNA

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Amazon gold: New technology aids Brazil's crackdown on illicit trade - Sight Magazine
RICARDO BRITO and ANTHONY BOADLE report on efforts to trace gold in Brazil as they look to shut down the illegal gold-mining industry.
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December 17, 2024 at 12:57 AM
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In 2024 through a partnership with the GIobal Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, journalists were trained about #illegalmining after which with a grant were able to carry out stories about #illegalgoldmining in Uganda.
April 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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In 2024 through a partnership with the GIobal Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, journalists were trained about #illegalmining after which with a grant were able to carry out stories about #illegalgoldmining in Uganda.
Kassanda Gold Pits: A Deadly Brew of Child Labor, Mercury, and Illegal Mining :: Uganda Radionetwork
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January 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM