Brazilian police backed by Interpol have destroyed hundreds of dredges used in illegal gold mining along the Madeira River, in one of the biggest coordinated crackdowns yet on criminal networks ...

Families awaiting land reform in the Amazon now face a surge in mining that can destroy their chance at a decent life.

SAI CINZA, Brazil >> Deep in the Amazon, Indigenous women say they fear getting pregnant. Rivers that have been the lifeblood of their people now carry mercury from illegal gold mining, threatening ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Police and prosecutors from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname have arrested nearly 200 people in their first-ever joint cross-border operation targeting illegal gold ...

Dec. 23 (UPI) --Organized crime and illicit economies emerged in 2025 as major drivers worsening deforestation across the Amazon, despite partial gains in environmental enforcement in some countries ...

This image provided by Interpol shows an illegal gold mining site on Dec. 18, 2025, in the Upper Takutu-Upper Esequibo region of Guyana. (Interpol via AP) (Uncredited) BOGOTA – Police and prosecutors ...