Special task force thwarts ongoing illegal operations, seizes equipment: 'Hot intelligence'

Special task force thwarts ongoing illegal operations, seizes equipment: 'Hot intelligence'

A special task force in Ghana halted an illegal gold mining operation, seizing equipment and arresting a suspected ringleader. The National Inter-Ministerial Committee on Illegal Mining Operations and Security (NAIMOS) carried out its operation last month across several sites in the country in the Amansie Central District, according to Ghana News. NAIMOS was working with what officials called "hot intelligence," retaking a contested mining area …

Gov’t conducts joint operation in Georgetown targeting illegal mining, gold trading

THE Government of Guyana, through the Ministry of Natural Resources, on Saturday, conducted a coordinated enforcement operation in central Georgetown aimed at curbing illegal mining activities and the unlawful trading of precious metals. The operation was carried out jointly with the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), the ministry’s Compliance Unit, and the Guyana […]