To Find Criminals and Child Exploitation in Gold Mines, We Just Had to Look NYT - Top Stories By: Justin Scheck 19 October 2026 at 11:59 Layers of people certify that gold is free from rights abuses and criminality. Nobody makes them leave their desks. © Lynsey Addario for The New York TimesLabor abuses and criminality are not hard to find in the world’s unlicensed gold mines. Assuming someone visits.
How a Trillion-Dollar Industry Launders Illegal Gold NYT - Top Stories By: Justin Scheck and Lynsey Addario 19 October 2026 at 10:00 The line between dirty and clean gold is an industry fiction. Wall Street and governments profit off gold from criminals, gangsters and those who exploit children. © Lynsey Addario for The New York Times