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“U.S. programs should address corrupt officials or government systems that let illegal gold groups avoid punishment.”
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“U.S. programs should help separate small-scale miners from criminal, terrorist, drug trafficking, or other illegal groups that profit from mining, and help miners leave violent control, extortion, or forced illegal arrangements.”
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“Congress should receive updates twice each year for three years on how the illegal-gold-mining strategy is being carried out.”
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“U.S. agencies should create a long-term plan to reduce illegal gold mining in the Western Hemisphere, report updates to Congress, work through existing agreements with Peru and Colombia, and seek support from global financial institutions.”
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“The U.S. should help partner countries target criminal groups, corrupt officials, dirty money, trafficking, forced labor, child labor, smuggling, and other crimes connected to illegal gold mining.”
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“U.S. officials should study how illegal gold enters legal markets, why miners stay informal or use harmful practices, how trafficking and forced labor connect to mining, and how mercury and cyanide affect people and the environment.”
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“U.S. programs should help countries track suspicious mining money, share information, and stop illegal gold, mercury, cyanide, explosives, and other dangerous mining supplies from being smuggled across borders.”
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“The United States should block foreign people tied to illegal gold networks from U.S. travel, markets, or banking access, target Nicaragua's illegal gold trade, and help other countries sanction laundering of illegal Venezuelan gold assets.”
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“The State Department should work with selected democratic Latin American governments and private partners to help small gold miners become legal, access financing, certify and trace gold, and connect responsible gold sellers with U.S. companies.”
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“U.S. programs should help small-scale miners get affordable licenses, operate legally, access financing, receive fairer prices, and keep regulated local mining jobs where standards are met.”
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“U.S. officials should ask international organizations and development banks to support, fund, or align with efforts against illegal gold mining.”
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“U.S. efforts against illegal gold mining should not create new authority to use military force or send U.S. armed forces into hostilities.”
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“Responsible gold partnerships should be allowed to educate the public about responsibly sourced gold and include local communities and civil society groups in that outreach.”
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“Gold buyers, sellers, refineries, and processing countries should check where artisanal and small-scale mined gold comes from, trace it, and make it harder for illegal gold to enter legal supply chains.”
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“Partner countries and community groups should discourage small-scale mining in protected natural areas and reduce mining harms such as mercury pollution, forest loss, unsafe dams, flooding, polluted water and soil, and toxic dust.”
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“The State Department should be able to use up to $10 million in fiscal years 2025 and 2026 to carry out the illegal-gold-mining strategy.”
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“The State Department should lead a long-term plan with other U.S. agencies to fight illegal gold mining in Latin America and the Caribbean.”
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“Congress should receive a classified briefing within 90 days about illegal gold mining in Venezuela and its links to armed groups and foreign governments.”
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