US EditionBrazil dismantles hundreds of illegal dredges in major Amazon mining crackdown
Interpol and Brazilian police dismantled 277 illegal gold mining rafts, causing an estimated $193 million loss to organized crime linked to Amazon deforestation and pollution.
- On Monday, Brazilian police backed by Interpol destroyed hundreds of dredges and dismantled 277 floating mining rafts along the Madeira River, with officials estimating losses at about $193 million including equipment and environmental damage.
- Interpol said the crackdown builds on recent cross-border missions and involved liaison officers from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru and Suriname under a new regional coordination center.
- More than 100 officers used satellite data to map 400 square kilometers of forest and river, and residents near the Madeira River were tested for possible toxic exposure.
- With COP30 weeks away in Belem, Interpol Secretary General Valdecy Urquiza said the raids show regional cooperation can strike financial networks behind environmental crimes.
- To support prosecutions and protect communities, authorities collected sediment and material samples for forensic analysis to trace mercury and cyanide, and Brazil's Federal Police said follow-up investigations target financiers and ringleaders.
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They have destroyed hundreds of excavators and thus caused millions of losses to criminal organizations: In the Amazon area, the Brazilian police took a major action against illegal gold prospectors. With a large-scale action, Brazil's federal police together with Interpol have taken a blow against the illegal gold mining in the Amazon area. Along the Madeira River, one of the main tributaries of the Amazon, 277 excavators with an estimated tota…
In Brazil, the police, together with Interpol, have taken action against the illegal gold mining in the Amazon region.
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The damage to the criminal organizations is estimated at 193 million US dollars. Illegal gold mining is one of the biggest environmental problems in the Amazon
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Brazil dismantles hundreds of illegal dredges in major Amazon mining crackdown
Brazilian police with support from Interpol have destroyed 277 dredges used in illegal gold mining along the Madeira River in one of the largest coordinated crackdowns in the Amazon.
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