Illegal Economy

Drug Trade Mining Industry Black Market Mining Sector Smuggling Impact Money Laundering Resource Exploitation Gold Mining Organized Crime Mining Revenue

Satellite Data Shows Rapid Spread of Illegal Gold Dragas Across Loreto Rivers

The surge threatens river ecosystems, fuels deforestation, exposes gaps in enforcement.

Gendarmes Dismantle Lille Counterfeit Cigarette Network

Hong Kong Police Arrest 65 in Raids on Unlicensed Nightclubs, Gambling and Illicit Fuel

Peru Cracks Down on Illegal Amazon Gold Mining With Arrests and Major Seizures

Operation Prosper Nets More Than 200 Arrests as Fears Grow Over M2 Bridge Safety

Peru's Illegal Gold Trade Tops Region as Police Destroy Major Madre de Dios Camps

Federal Forces Seize 150 Kg of Methamphetamine in Baja California

City Police Seize 2,700 Smuggled Sneakers From Retiro Gallery

OMI Gives Incoming Government 100 Days to Close REINFO and Stop Illegal Gold Mining

Illegal Gold Mining Engulfs Peru’s Amazon and Pressures Incoming Government

Mexico City Congress Makes Illegal Extraction and Sale of Water a Crime

Peru Destroys and Seizes Millions in Amazon Illegal Gold‑Mining Gear

Peru Intensifies Illegal Mining Crackdown in Madre de Dios After Tambopata Raid Detains Four

J&K Police Raze 33 Illegal Structures at Samba Drug Hotspot, Reclaim SIDCO Land

Crisis Group Links Amazon’s Crime Boom to Environmental Collapse Risk

Brazil Police Destroy Amazon Clandestine Runways as New Data Maps 2,837 Sites

Surat Police Seize 2,029 Kg of Fake Ghee in Factory Raid, Arrest Two

Peru Voters Press Candidates to Confront Illegal Mining Ahead of the 2026 Vote

Berlin Confronts Turkish-Linked Gang Violence With Sustained Police Crackdown

DRI Busts Clandestine Zaveri Bazaar Gold‑Melting Unit, Seizes ₹9.22 Crore, Arrests Two