A detailed look at how illegal gold mining drives forced labor and human trafficking across supply chains, with global implications for ethics and sustainability.
This report uncovers the deep ties between illegal gold mining and labor exploitation, particularly in Latin America. It highlights how informal mining networks rely on debt bondage, deception, and coercion, often under violent or unsafe conditions. The analysis connects these abuses to broader issues—environmental damage, corruption, and the infiltration of criminal networks in gold supply chains. Drawing on field evidence, it provides a clear view of how gold tainted by forced labor reaches international markets, urging stronger oversight and traceability from mine to consumer.
Human trafficking, Peru, Colombia, Metals, Gold
