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NYT Ties Trump's Venezuelan Gold Imports to Criminal Networks

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The Times traced the gold entering the United States back to miners in places like El Callao, a historic mining town in Venezuela's Bolívar state, where workers are compelled to pay protection fees to criminal organizations that dominate the industry. Residents in the mining areas have seen little benefit from the expanded trade, with reporting finding that increased mining activity has only worsened already inadequate public services.
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The , as published this Monday The New York Times (NYT). The investigation carried out by NYT ranges from the mines of southern Venezuela to the White House and the commercial houses of Europe. The anonymous sources consulted claim, referring to the capture of Nicolás Maduro - self-proclaimed Venezuelan president- by Washington in ... Continue reading "Trump is bringing gold from Venezuela to the US, but refineries refuse to process it, accordin…

·Concepción, Chile
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Venezuelan gold arrived in the United States in the form of doré, a semi-processed metal that needs to be refined before achieving commercial quality

·Los Angeles, United States
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Trump has shipped hundreds of millions of dollars worth of gold from Venezuela to the United States. But no American companies want to touch it. The reason is that the origin of the gold cannot be verified, according to the New York Times.

·Stockholm, Sweden
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(Mexico City = Yonhap News) Correspondent Song Gwang-ho = A legendary city filled with gold. Historically, humanity’s journey in search of a golden city is nothing new...

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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President Donald Trump's administration transports gold from Venezuela to the United States, but refineries do not process it because of doubts about the alleged connections of Venezuelan companies with corrupt practices, wrote the publication on Monday...

·Bucharest, Romania
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Crisis Group broke the news in Brussels, Belgium on Tuesday, July 29, 2025.
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